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CLINTON CONVICTS LIST (4TH EDITION)
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Below is an updated list of Clinton-related friends, colleagues, associates, and related business
entities, who have been convicted of crimes, updated through April 14, 1998. Forty names, and
counting. The format of the list is that the names are allocated to the various investigative
categories, with each individual/entity named and accompanied by a brief description of the relevant
crime(s) and a source of the information.
VARIOUS ARKANSAS:
1) Roger Clinton: Bill Clinton brother; drug trafficking conviction (Wall Street Journal "The Foster Test"
January 14, 1994)
2) Dan Lasater: governor Bill Clinton contributor and state contractor: drug trafficking conviction (Wall
Street Journal "The Foster Test" January 14, 1994)
3) Dan Harmon: Arkansas Seventh Judicial District prosecuting attorney and Bill Clinton friend and
political ally: five federal racketeering, extortion, and drug distribution convictions (Wall Street Journal
"Arkansas Justice" June 13, 1997)
4) Bill McCuen: Bill Clinton political ally: former Arkansas Secretary of State; bribery, tax evasion,
kickbacks convictions (Wall Street Journal: Whitewater: "The Prosecution Rests" May 7, 1996)
WHITEWATER:
5) Webster Hubbell: Bill Clinton friend and political ally; Hillary Clinton Rose Law Firm partner:
embezzlement; fraud; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Whither Whitewater?" October 18,
1995)
6) Jim Guy Tucker: fraud; three felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Second-Term Stall" February
11, 1997; Associated Press "Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998)
7) William J. Marks Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker business partner; one conspiracy conviction (Associated Press
"Whitewater Defendant Pleads Guilty" August 28, 1997)
8) Jim McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally: eighteen felony convictions
(Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996)
9) Susan McDougal: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend; former wife of Jim McDougal: four felony convictions
(Wall Street Journal "Immunize Hale" May 29, 1996)
10) David Hale: Bill and Hillary Clinton friend, banker, and political ally: two felony convictions of
conspiracy and mail fraud (Wall Street Journal "The Arkansas Machine Strikes Back" March 19, 1996)
11) Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker; two felony convictions (Wall Street Journal "Hard
Evidence From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995)
12) Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide; one conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hard Evidence
From a Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995)
13) Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent; fraudulent loans (Wall Steet Journal "Hard Evidence From a
Federal Investigator" August 10, 1995)
14) Robert Palmer: Madison appraiser; one conspiracy felony conviction (Wall Street Journal "Hale
Predicts Hillary Conviction" October 21, 1996)
15) Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president; embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign; two
misdemeanor convictions (Wall Street Journal "Arkansas Bank Shot" May 4, 1995)
16) John Latham: Madison Bank CEO; bank fraud conviction (Wall Street Journal "Smoke Without Fire"
January 12, 1996)
17) John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker; misdemeanor guilty plea; tax fraud (Associated Press
"Tucker Pleads Guilty to Cable Fraud" February 20, 1998)
18) Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of trying to
bribe David Hale; is appealing a ten month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
"Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998)
19) Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant, pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of bribery,
served fourteen months of a sixteen month prison sentence (The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
"Whitewater Defendants" February 22, 1998)
ESPY:
20) Tyson Foods: guilty plea; $6 million federal court fines and investigative costs (Washington Post
"Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997)
21) Sun-Diamond Growers: $1.5 million fine for illegal campaign contributions to Espy's brother
(Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
22) Richard Douglas: former Sun-Diamond Growers official; several bribery convictions and guilty
pleas(Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated
Press: "Lobbyist Pleads guilty in Espy Case" March 17, 1998)
23) James H. Lake: Sun-Diamond Growers lobbyist; three convictions regarding illegal campaign
contributions to Espy's brother (Associated Press "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27,
1997)
24) Ron Blackley: Espy's chief of staff: financial fraud conviction; twenty-seven month prison
sentence (Washington Post "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997; Associated
Press: "Judge Sentences Espy Aide to Jail" March 18, 1998)
25) Smith Barney: improper payments to Espy; $1 million-plus fine (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike
Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
26) Crop Growers Corporation: $2 million fine for money laundering to Henry Espy's campaign
(Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
27) Brook Keith Mitchell Sr. (with his company Five M Farming Enterprises: four counts) for fraud
(Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
28) Five M Farming Enterprises (with owner Brook Keith Mitchell: four counts) for fraud (Associated
Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
29) John J. Hemmingson, former head of Crop Growers Corporation: three counts relating to illegal
campaign contributions to Henry Espy (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August
27, 1997)
30) Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Louisiana lawyer and Henry Espy campaign finance head: ten count
conviction (Associated Press: "A Look at Mike Espy Investigation" August 27, 1997)
31) Municipal Healthcare Cooperative: Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money
laundering convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30,
1997)
32) Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet: Ferrouillet-related company; perjury, bank fraud, money laundering
convictions (Washington Post: "Tyson Foods Admits Illegal Gifts to Espy" December 30, 1997)
CAMPAIGN FINANCE:
33) Michael Brown (Ron Brown's son): money laundering; misdemeanor conviction (Los Angeles Times,
"Ron Brown's Son Pleads Guilty to Illegal Donation" August 29, 1997)
34) Eugene Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money
laundering (Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997)
35) Nora Lum: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; felony conviction; money laundering
(Los Angeles Times, "First Fund-Raising Sentences Meted Out" September 10, 1997)
36) Johnny Chung: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White
House and Oval Office with mainland Chinese associates; several illegal campaign contributions, money
laundering, tax fraud, and bank fraud guilty pleas (Associated Press: "Democrat Fund-Raiser Pleads
Guilty" March 17, 1998)
37) Roger Tamraz: Clinton/Gore campaign contributor and colleague; many visits to Clinton White
House and Oval Office; fugitive from Lebanon embezzlement convictions; target of French government
financial investigation; BCCI connections (The Wall Street Journal: "Integrity of the Institutions" March
20, 1997, et. al.) CISNEROS:
38) Linda Jones: Henry Cisneros mistress; conspiracy, bank fraud, money laundering, and obstruction
of justice federal felony guilty pleas; sentenced to three and one-half years in prison (Associated
Press: "Cisneros Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
39) Patsy Jo Wooten: Linda Jones sister; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press: "Cisneros
Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
40) Allen Wooten: Linda Jones brother-in-law; one conspiracy guilty plea (Associated Press: "Cisneros
Ex-Mistress Sentenced" March 25, 1998)
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