Alison Ferguson, CLERK
Rita A. Ferguson, STAFF ASSISTANT
Lynda M. Flippin, PRESS OFFICER/SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Jason R. Foringer, SUMMER INTERN/LAW CLERK
Valerie Francies, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Anne V. Freden, SUMMER INTERN
Richard D. Friedman, LEGAL CONSULTANT
Jeri Frye, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Meghan Gallagher, CLERK
Terrence J. Galligan, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Karl N. Gellert, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Deborah E. Gershman, STAFF ASSISTANT
D. Leah Giannini, RECORDS AND ARCHIVES OFFICER
Leland Giannini, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
Lisa Gonsior, SUMMER INTERN/PARALEGAL
Ameen I. Haddad, LAW CLERK
Eric Hagans, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Rusty Harden, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Erin Harrington, LEGAL ASSISTANT
Judy Harris, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Rodger A. Heaton, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Cathleen C. Herasimchuk, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Robert Hirschhorn, JURY CONSULTANT
Phil Horton, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Victor Houston, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
Karin J. Immergut, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Misty D. Jackson, SECRETARY
LeRoy Jahn, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
W. Ray Jahn, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Eric H. Jaso, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Lindsey M. Jensen, CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT
Patricia C. Johnson, LEGAL ASSISTANT
Darrell M. Joseph, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Brett M. Kavanaugh, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
George T. Kelley, CONSULTANT
William Kelley, LEGAL CONSULTANT
Richard C. Killough, ASSISTANT INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Hyunjong Kim, RECEPTIONIST
Matthew B. Kirsener, LAW CLERK
Lisa K. Krupinski, MANAGEMENT ANALYST
Stephen A. Kubiatowski, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Michael Landess, RESEARCH CONSULTANT
Steve Learned, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Dr. Henry Lee, CONSULTANT
Gregory L. Lefever, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Greg Leiby, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Andrew D. Leipold, LEGAL CONSULTANT
Bradley E. Lerman, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Craig Lerner, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Gus Lesnevich, CONSULTANT
Cathy Lindsey, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Dawn L. Lipp, LEGAL SECRETARY
William S. MacCartee, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Gregory E. Maggs, LEGAL CONSULTANT
Ronald J. Mann, LEGAL CONSULTANT
John R. Martin, LAW CLERK
Kevin J. Martin, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Lindsey B. Matson, SUPERVISORY PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Timothy J. Mayopoulos, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
John E. McCarrick, LAW CLERK
Monica Molloy, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Walter Montano, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
James M. Morris, CONSULTANT
Julie L. Myers, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Judy M. Nance, SUPERVISORY PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Monique M. Neaves, LEGAL SECRETARY
J. Forrest Norman, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Patrick M. O’Brien, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Sandra A. Oldham, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
A. Louise Oliver, LAW CLERK
Edward J. Page, DEPUTY INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Stephen C. Parker, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Margaret E. Parks, SUMMER INTERN
Robert H. Patterson Jr., legal consultant
K. Lawson Pedigo, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Jonathan I. Pomerance, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Linda Potter, STAFF ASSISTANT
Carolyn Pritts, RECORDS AND ARCHIVES OFFICER
Nicholas Pullen, SUMMER INTERN
Lucia Rambusch, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Elizabeth Ray, PUBLIC INFORMATION ASSISTANT
Robert W. Ray, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Mei Li Reedy, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Thomas Repczinski, LAW CLERK
Roberta Richardson, STAFF ASSISTANT
Jim Rickards, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Miguel Rodriguez, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Philip J. Rooney, FINANCIAL OFFICER
Nicholas Q. Rosenkranz, SUMMER INTERN
Rod J. Rosenstein, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Paul S. Rosenzweig, SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL
Ronald D. Rotunda, LEGAL CONSULTANT
Patricia S. Rowland, STAFF ASSISTANT
Debra Rubin, LEGAL SECRETARY
Neille M. Russell, CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT
William Rutledge, CONSULTANT
Amy D. Scivally, RECEPTIONIST
Thomas Serafin, INTERN/CLERK
Kevin M. Sigafoes, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Richard P. Simmons, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Edward H. Smith II, SUMMER INTERN
Deborah Stalford, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Amy St. Eve, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Timothy S. Susanin, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Anita P. Swartz, LEGAL SECRETARY
Mark Sylvester, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Julie Talley, SECRETARY
Hector Tapia, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
Dillion Teachout, CLERK
Catherine A. Thie, MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT
Nora Thorne, CONTRACT COMPUTER SUPPORT
William H. Thullen, FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
Jennifer M. Tjia, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Mark H. Touhey III, DEPUTY INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Michael L. Travers, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Bruce Udolf, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Erin S. Vagley, ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK
Donald Vinson, JURY CONSULTANT
Linda B. Walls, PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
Paul Walsh, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR
Marcia L. Walter, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Bryan M. Winkelman, LEGAL SECRETARY
Mary Anne Wirth, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Solomon L. Wisenberg, DEPUTY INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, ASSOCIATE INDEPENDENT COUNSEL
SOURCES
In writing this memoir, I have relied on my recollections of my time as independent counsel from 1994 through 1999. I have refreshed my memory through news sources, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and other newspapers and magazines of the period, including Time and Newsweek. To flesh out the narrative, I have looked to books published after these events, including Truth at Any Cost: Ken Starr and the Unmaking of Bill Clinton by Sue Schmidt and Michael Weisskopf; The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr by Ken Gormley; Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr.; The Clinton Enigma by David Maraniss; Arkansas Mischief: The Birth of a National Scandal by Jim McDougal and Curtis Wilkie; Prosecutor, Defender, Counselor by Robert B. Fiske Jr.; My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror by Louis J. Freeh; Monica’s Story by Andrew Morton; and The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk by Susan McDougal. I am particularly grateful for the input of my colleagues Hickman Ewing Jr., Jackie Bennett,
Bob Bittman, Sol Wisenberg, Paul Rosenzweig, Ray and LeRoy Jahn, Steve Binhak, and Ed Page.
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INDEX
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Adams, John, 164, 247
Ainley, Neal, 120–21
Albright, Madeleine, 192
Alibi Club, 219
Alinsky, Saul, 64
Alito, Samuel, 307
Allard, Ken, 249
Altman, Roger, 148
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 37
American Spectator, 160
Apperson, Jay, 234
Arkansas Mischief (McDougal and Wilkie), 168
attorney-client privilege claim, in Lewinsky investigation, 197
Baird, Zoë, 65
Bakaly, Charles G., III, 216, 299
Barrett, Mark, 298
Bates, John, 100, 213
Bates, Stephen, 179
Baylor University, xxii–xxiii
Belin, David, 70
Bennett, Bob, 37–38, 186, 189, 226, 251
Bennett, Jackie, Jr., 104, 169, 170, 173–74, 179, 182, 218, 233
Berman, Alan, 74–75
Berra, Yogi, 195
Bienert, Tom, 198
Bill’s Content, 216–17
Binhak, Steve, 169, 181–82, 208
Bittman, Bob, 60, 167, 201, 202, 218, 226, 227, 231–32, 233, 235, 237–38, 261
Blackbourne, Brian, 74–75
Blanton, Ray, 57
Blumenthal, Sid, 40, 189, 196, 199, 221, 294
Bono, Mary, 271
Bork, Robert, 34
Bowles, Erskine, 189
Bradley, David, 24
Branscum, Herby, Jr., 119–22
Branscum-Hill campaign finance case, 119–22
acquittal in, 121
bank funds used to reimburse personal campaign contributions, 120
decision not to retry, 122
refusal to comply with subpoenas in, 120, 122
Brennan, William, 17
Brill, Steven, 215–17
Broad, Eli, 90
Brock, David, 160
Brooke, Edward, 64–65
Brown, Joe, 57
Bryant, John, 40
Bumpers, Dale, 294
Burger, Warren, 16, 17, 21, 152
Bush, George H. W., 22, 24, 307
Bush, George W., 307
Bustamante, Albert, 104
Butzner, John, 30, 32
Byrd, Robert, 291
Cacheris, Plato, 210, 226
Capital Management Services, 49
Caplan, Lincoln, 37
Cappuccio, Paul, 141–42
Carter, Frank, 172, 181
Carter, Jimmy, 31, 46
Carville, James, 40, 112, 161
censure, 286–87
Church of Christ, 6, 9
Cisneros, Henry, 208–9, 212
Clinton, Bill
addresses nation and admits inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky, 240–43
affairs of, 1–3
apology to nation after acquittal in impeachment trial, 295–96
asks McDougal to move Madison’s legal work to Hillary Clinton, 82
contempt as legacy of, xxi–xxiv, 306
directs Reno to appoint special counsel, 29
DOJ independence compromised by, 213
early political career of, 80, 81–82
election of, 24
empathy of, 3
Jones’s sexual harassment allegations, denial of, 161
Judge Wright finds Clinton guilty of obstruction of justice, 303
Lewinsky sexual relationship denied by, 185–86, 189, 192–93
as nation’s youngest governor, 18
“nonadmission” of Flowers affair on 60 Minutes, 2
pardons Susan McDougal and other Whitewater defendants, 304
prayer breakfast apology after release of Starr Report, 249
refusal to encourage Susan McDougal to cooperate with grand jury, 135
says Lewinsky not owed apology, 311
state and federal sanctions for contempt and perjury, 301
vouches for Hillary Clinton’s honesty, 126
White House Travel Office purge and, 67–68, 144–45
See also Jones v. Clinton; Lewinsky investigation; Whitewater investigation
Clinton, Chelsea, 254, 255
Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 2, 166–67
Alinsky’s rules for radicals as profound influence on, 64–65
contempt as legacy of, xxiii–xxiv, 306
defends Bill on Today show during Lewinsky scandal, 193
Filegate deposition of, 176–77
loan from Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, 81
loses election to Trump, xxiii
National Prayer Breakfast appearance of, 194
“pink press conference” of, 124, 145
at Rose Law Firm, 64, 65, 80, 81
Rose Law Firm billing records of, 66, 123–26
treatment of Vince Foster, 68
White House Travel Office scandal and, 67–68, 144–45
See also Whitewater investigation
Clinton v. Jones. See Jones v. Clinton
Colbert, Stephen, 311
reauthorization of Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 30, 31
See also House of Representatives; Senate
Conway, George, 173
Conyers, John, 260
Cornelius, Catherine, 67
Cox, Archibald, 33, 41
Currie, Betty, 171, 186, 223
Cutler, Lloyd, 38, 44–45
Dale, Billy, 67, 144
Daley, William, 192
Dash, Sam, 71–73, 74, 96, 166, 188, 227–28, 234, 274
Davenport, David, 151, 152–56
Davis, Gilbert, 39
Davis, Lanny, 40
Davis Polk, 55
Dawson, Tom, 154, 155
Dittmar, Harris, 19
Dole, Bob, 128
Donaldson, Sam, 189
Dowd, Maureen, 208
Dreiband, Eric, 202
Drudge, Matt, 187
Drudge Report, 187
Duffey, Bill, 59
Durbin, Dick, 304
Dyer, David, 13–15
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sp; 825 loan, 47–49, 93–94
See also Whitewater investigation; Whitewater trial
Emanuel, Rahm, 193–94
Emmick, Mike, 177–78, 181, 198
Ervin, Sam, 71–72
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 28–29
lapse of, in December 1992, 29
reauthorization of, 30, 31
Starr’s views on, 31
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of, 31–32
Ewing, Hickman, Jr., 57–58, 74, 77–78, 88, 154, 201, 203
Branscum-Hill campaign finance case and, 121
Clintons’ depositions and, 98, 101
draft indictment of Hillary Clinton and, 167
Jim McDougal and, 131–32, 137
Susan McDougal criminal contempt trial and, 298–99
Whitewater trial and, 111–12, 115
executive privilege claim, in Lewinsky investigation, 196, 197–98
Fabiani, Mark, 102
Faircloth, Lauch, 39–40
FBI background check files scandal, see Filegate
Federalist Society, 36
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC), 28
Feingold, Russ, 291
Ferguson, Danny, 158, 159–60, 161
Filegate, 66, 145–47, 176–77
First Among Equals (Starr), 304
Fiske, Robert B., 39, 163–64
appointment as special prosecutor, 30
Foster investigation and report, 63, 69–70
Whitewater investigation of, and handoff to Starr, 46–51
Flowers, Gennifer, 2
Floyd, Henry, 138–40
Ford, Gerald, 46
Foster, Vince, 63–69, 204
commencement speech given by, 66–67
as deputy to counsel to president, 65–68
handles sale of Whitewater stake to McDougal, 83
note found after suicide of, 70
suicide of, 68–69
Foster investigation
conspiracy theories and, 142, 143
Fiske investigation, 63, 69–70
medical examiners for, 74–75
Rodriguez and, 141–42
staffing for, 70–75
Starr decides to investigate, 70–71
Starr investigation and report, 141–44
Franken, Bob, 102
Freeh, Louis, 46–47, 145–46, 200, 262, 300, 304–5
Fritz, Sara, 111–12
Fulbright, J. William, 10, 78
Ganus, Clifton, Jr., 8
Geragos, Mark, 298, 299
Gershman, Debbie, 77, 109–10
Gerth, Jeff, 84
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, 15, 18–19
Ginsburg, Bill, 186, 187–88, 190–91, 192, 196, 207–10