Blood Sport [antikvár]

FOREWORD Hillary Rodham Clinton is called to testify before a grand jury, the first time a first lady has ever been subpoenaed in a criminal probe. On the Senate floor, Lauch Faircloth, conservative North Carolina Republican, calls her a liar. After vowing not to, President Bill Clinton invokes attorney-client privilege in an attempt to prevent disclosure of notes of a White House meeting to discuss his investment in Whitewater. A memo is discovered in the files of a White House aide suggesting that contrary to her lawyers' statements, it was the first lady who ordered the firing of White House travel office employees. Subpoenaed billing records from the Rose Law Firm, long described as missing, are suddenly found in a closet in the family quarters of the White House. They reveal that the first lady was far more involved in work for a failed Arkansas savings and loan than she has admitted. It is January 1996, the beginning of a presidential election year. An independent counsel investigation probes the Clintons' Arkansas dealings, their activities in the White House, and the still-mysterious death of White House lawyer Vincent W. Foster, Jr. Numerous people connected to Whitewater have pleaded guilty to felonies, have been indicted, or remain under investigation. The Arkansas contingent working in the administration has been decimated. A Senate committee under the leadership of Alfonse D'Amato, Republican of New York, continues its Whitewater hearings, generating a steady flow of front-page stories and network news broadcasts. Yet polls indicate that much of the American public remains mystified.