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To: calgal who wrote (26105)	5/13/2002 11:45:01 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 59480

Clintons Leave Lawyers High & Dry on Legal Tab By TIMOTHY J. BURGER Daily News Washington Bureau nydailynews.com WASHINGTON Bill and Hillary Clinton have become fabulously wealthy since leaving the White House, but they're still stiffing their lawyers, the Daily News has learned. Various documents and sources familiar with the Clintons' legal debts reveal they have yet to retire hefty bills from the Whitewater, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky scandals, as well as Bill Clinton's impeachment battle. The former President owes $1 million to Robert Bennett, his Paula Jones attorney. Bennett's firm hasn't seen a nickel in nearly a year. The Clintons also are believed to be in seven-figure hock to David Kendall. He and Bennett refused to comment. A year ago, Clinton aides confirmed the former First Couple still owed $3.9 million in legal fees. Since the Clintons left the White House in January 2001, their legal defense fund has paid $254,000 to Kendall's firm, Williams & Connolly, and $86,000 to Skadden Arps, Bennett's firm. In all, about $7.7 million in legal debts have been paid off. But the fund is now tapped out, and the Clintons haven't done any new fund-raising for it. It's possible the Clintons may have paid some of Kendall's outstanding tab from their own pockets, but a Clinton loyalist said that was unlikely. "They would prefer not to [pay] and don't think they should have to," said one former senior aide. Aides to Sen. Clinton and her husband refused to say how much — if anything — the couple might have paid themselves. "They have publicly disclosed everything they're required to disclose," said Jim Kennedy, a spokesman for the senator. Washington lawyer Tony Essaye, who ran the defense fund for years, said he has not been informed that any of the Clintons' outstanding $3.9 million debt has been paid down. The Clintons' financial fortunes have brightened considerably since a dramatic 1998 fund-raising letter for the legal trust said they faced a "financial crisis" of bills "far beyond the President's total compensation or the First Family's net worth." Now, the Clintons' personal wealth includes $18 million in book advances and $10 million to $15 million that the ex-President has raked in for speeches. They also receive $302,000 a year in federal checks for his pension and her senatorial salary. With Thomas M. DeFrank Original Publication Date: 5/13/02