Susan McDougal is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater controversy in the United States, though fifteen individuals were convicted of federal charges. Image File history File links Susanmcdougal. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Susan McDougal was married to James B. McDougal, also of Little Rock, Arkansas. The McDougals were partners with Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the failed Whitewater real estate venture in the 1980s, and were convicted along with then-Gov. Jim Guy Tucker (D) in obtaining millions in illegal loans, including a $300,000 federally backed loan for Susan McDougal, through a small business investment firm owned by David Hale. Jim McDougal Husband of Susan McDougal, and financial partners with Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton in the real estate venture that led to the political Whitewater Scandal of the 1990s. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Capital City, Rock-Town, City of Roses Location Government Country  State   County United States  Arkansas   Pulaski Founded Incorporated 1821 1831 Mayor Jim Dailey Geographical characteristics Area    - City 302. ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Hillary Rodham Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947) is the junior United States Senator from New York, serving her freshman term since January 3, 2001. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... James Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. ... David Hale is a former Arkansas municipal judge and witness in the Whitewater scandal trials. ...

James McDougal began cooperating with Whitewater prosecutor Ken Starr after his conviction and tried to persuade his former wife to do the same to avoid a prison sentence. Kenneth Winston Starr (born July 21, 1946) is an American lawyer and former judge who was appointed to the Office of the Independent Counsel to investigate the Whitewater land transactions by President Clinton. ...

Her defense lawyer Mark Geragos, said McDougal's ex-husband told her that deputy independent counsel W. Hickman Ewing Jr. would be able to "get Clinton with a sex charge" before the 1996 election if she agreed to lie and say she had had an affair with Clinton. She denies ever having an affair with Clinton. Ewing told reporters during a break in the proceedings that he never heard of such a plan. "I never talked to Jim McDougal about that, and I wouldn't. I never heard any discussion along those lines in my office ever at the time frame she's talking about," Ewing said. Mark Geragos (left) and defendant Scott Peterson (right) listening during pre-trial on May 27, 2003 Mark John Geragos (born October 5, 1957) [1] is a criminal defense attorney best known for defending pop-star Michael Jackson, actress Winona Ryder, Gary Condit, and Susan McDougal, who was involved in the... Jim McDougal (August 25, 1940–March 8, 1998) was the husband of Susan McDougal. ...

She was convicted on May 28, 1996, and spent time in prison for four counts of fraud and conspiracy relating to the Whitewater scandal. She was later charged with (and acquitted of) embezzlement against noted conductor Zubin Mehta.[1] May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Zubin Mehta, photo by Wilfried Hösl Zubin Mehta (born April 29, 1936) is an Indian-born American conductor of Western classical music. ...

She also spent 18 months in prison including 7 weeks in solitary confinement for civil contempt of court. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced her after McDougal refused to answer three questions from Whitewater prosecutors before the grand jury empaneled by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr to investigate the Whitewater deals. These questions included whether President Bill Clinton lied in his testimony during her Whitewater trial, particularly when he denied any knowledge of an illegal $300,000 loan. During that trial, the government's star witness, Arkansas banker and former municipal judge David Hale, claimed that then-Governor Bill Clinton had discussed an illegal $300,000 loan with himself and McDougal. Solitary confinement, colloquially referred to as the hole (or in British English the block), is a punishment in which a prisoner is denied contact with any other persons, excluding guards, chaplains and doctors. ... Contempt of court is a court ruling which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, deems an individual as holding contempt for the court, its process, and its invested powers. ...

McDougal received a full Presidential pardon from outgoing President Bill Clinton in the final hours of his presidency in 2001. (See List of people pardoned by Bill Clinton) A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, President Bill Clinton used his Constitutional power to pardon 140 people, thus commuting the sentences of those already convicted of a crime, and obviating a trial for those not yet convicted. ...

McDougal has written The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk and works as an advocate for prison reform. Her brother, Jim Henley (b. 1947), is now running for the United States Congress in Texas' Congressional District 7, and Susan made an appearance and a speech at the announcement of the candidacy (c. November 2005).

See also

• The Hunting of the President- Discusses the McDougals

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External links

• "The trials and tribulations of Susan McDougal" CNN.com - April 8, 1999
• Washington Post time line
• WHITEWASHING WHITEWATER
• "A Deal Gone Bad CNN.com 1996