THE CLINTON LEGACY -- BY THE NUMBERS
As the debate about the Independent Counsel Act continues amid so much criticism of Kenneth Starr, we thought this summary would be helpful.
On June 30,1994, at the signing ceremony to renew the Independent Counsel Act, William Jefferson Clinton made this statement: ''I am pleased to sign into law S.24, the Independent Counsel Act...a foundation stone for the trust between the Government and our citizens. It ensures that no matter what party controls the congress or the executive branch an independent, nonpartisan process will be in place to guarantee the integrity of public officials and ensure that
no one is above the law...In fact, the independent council statute has been in the past and is today a force for Government integrity and public confidence...This is a good bill that i sign into law today; good for the American people and good for their confidence in our democracy.''
Two months later, Ken Starr was appointed, and the rest is history.
Total number of independent counsel investigations of the
Clinton Administration -- 7
Total number of independent counsel investigations, 1978-
1992 -- 13
Number of House and Senate witnesses in the Clinton scandals
who have pleaded the fifth -- 72
Number of witnesses in the Clinton scandals who have fled
the country to avoid testifying -- 17
Number of foreign witnesses who have refused to be
interviewed by U.S. investigative bodies -- 19
Number of charges brought by Ken Starr in the Whitewater
probe -- 19
Number of convictions resulting from Ken Starr's probe -- 14
Number of imprisonments resulting from Ken Starr's probe --
8
Number of charges brought by the independent counsels in
scandal probes:
Ron Brown -- 6
Henry Cisneros -- 3
Mike Espy -- 20
Clinton/Gore '96 campaign -- 4
Number of convictions in the scandal probes:
Ron Brown -- 4
Henry Cisneros -- 3
Mike Espy -- 10
Clinton/Gore '96 campaign -- 1
Number of imprisonments in the scandal probes:
Ron Brown -- 2
Henry Cisneros -- 1
Mike Espy -- 3
Clinton/Gore '96 cmapaign -- 0
Total numbers for the Clinton scandals:
Charges -- 55
Convictions -- 32
Imprisonments (so far) -- 14
Number of confidential FBI files procured by the Clinton
White House -- 900 - 1500
Number of confidential FBI files Nixon aide Charles Colson
went to prison for having in his possession -- 1
Number of Clinton supporters who were given overnight stays
at the White House -- 938
Years of Ken Starr's investigation -- 4 years, 3 months
Years of Lawrence Walsh's Iran-Contra investigation -- 6
years, 8 months
Number of convictions secured by Starr that were not later
reversed -- 14
Number of convictions secured by Walsh that were not later
reversed -- 3
Cost of Starr's investigation -- $42.1 million
Cost of Walsh's investigation -- $47.9 million
Cost of the Justice Department's assault on Microsoft -- $65
million (thus far)
Did someone mention Chinese spies?
Cost of Clinton's 10-day trip to China -- $40 million
Number of people accompanying Clinton to China -- 1000
Number of Republican lawmakers accompanying Clinton to China
-- 0
Number of people accompanying Nixon to China in 1972 -- 300
Number of armored limousines brought to China by Clinton --
10
Number of planes needed for the presidential entourage and
its paraphernalia, not including several C-141 military
transports -- 4
Number of rooms in Shanghai's luxury Portman Ritz-Carlton
hotel used by the Clinton entourage -- 600
Did someone mention genocide in Rwanda?
Estimated number of people accompanying Clinton on his trip
to Africa -- 800
Number of national apologies Clinton has offered while on
foreign trips -- 3
Number of cruise missiles launched while reclining in the Oval Office pantry -- 10 |
