Reply #4: allegations made by a former Arkansas municipal court judge, David Hale ... Clinton

[L. Coyote]

At the core of Whitewater .... allegations made by a former Arkansas municipal court judge, David Hale ... Clinton ... pressured Hale to make an illegal and fraudulent $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal ... Starr even drafted an impeachment referral to the House of Representatives alleging that there was "substantial and credible evidence" that Clinton might have committed perjury regarding the Hale matter.

Salon's reporting on Hale and Whitewater raised serious questions about the veracity of Hale's allegations and the conduct by Starr in leading the Whitewater probe. Partly as a result of those stories, a federal grand jury examined allegations that Hale accepted financial assistance and gratuities from conservative activists. Moreover, Starr ultimately never sent his Whitewater referral to the House because of the new questions raised about Hale's credibility as a witness against the president.

Murray Waas, who reported the Salon stories, won the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Depth Reporting for his coverage of Whitewater.

NUmerous articles linked: http://www.salon.com/news/special/clinton/whitewater.html