Whitewater controversy

Title

Whitewater controversy

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:05

Description

A special council is to be appointed to investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation in Arkansas. US President Bill Clinton and wife Hillary Clinton were said to have invested money in the venture and be involved with the owner of a building society, James McDougal. The building society went bankrupt costing the taxpayer £40million. Paul Woodley? reports and Republican Congressman Jim Leach comments.

Contributors

Paul Woodley?; Jim Leach

Keywords

USA; Public finance; Compensation; Investment; Building societies; Bill Clinton; Hillary Clinton; Whitewater controversy; Whitewater Development Corporation; Political scandals; James McDougal; Arkansaw

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