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Episode 387 BOB DOLE 1993 - 1995 The Last Man Standing (Part 24) The Appointment of the Whitewater Special Prosecutor and Overview
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The Whitewater investigation takes a giant leap as Attorney General Janet Reno appoints a Special Prosecutor to look into the case coming out of Arkansas. Former Watergate House Judiciary Committee staffer Bernard Nussbaum is now the assistant legal counsel to the President and his advice is not "No but Hell No!1 Mr. President, don't do that!" But it fell on deaf ears as Democratic Senators put pressure on the White House to take the step and allow a Special Prosecutor to be appointed.
At first Clinton got lucky.
Janet Reno appointed Robert Fiske to oversee the job. He may actually be the one and only Special Prosecutor in the history of its existence who was willing to look at a case and render a nonpartisan fair judgement, which he did, that nothing had happened in Arkansas involving President and Mrs. Clinton, and that Vince Foster had, in fact, committed suicide. He got fired for saying it. Not in so many words, but the Special Counsel statue had run out and Republicans worked to get it renewed. When it was renewed Janet Reno recommended that Fiske remain the Special Prosecutor and be allowed to finish his report. They removed him, and replaced him with Kenneth Starr instead. The rest is history.
This is that story.
Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts
Thanks for listening!!
Chapters
1. Dedication to Bill Mercer , host of World Class Wrestling, who died this year at age 99 (00:00:00)
2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship - Bill Mercer calling the action (00:02:16)
3. Opening of the press conference by Janet Reno announcing Robert Fiske the Special Prosecutor on January 20, 1994 (00:03:38)
4. Intro Music (00:04:58)
5. Whitewater Special Counsel announcement - Cspan January 20, 1994 segment (00:05:22)
6. Host Randal Wallace talks about Special Prosecutors and his opinion of Robert Fiske in that role (00:13:55)
7. Veteran SDNY Prosecutor Bob Fiske on SDNY Probe of Rudy Giuliani - MSNBC Ari Melber (00:16:59)
8. Host Randal Wallace talks special prosecutors (00:24:10)
9. The Clinton Tapes Hillary and Special Prosecutors (00:25:57)
10. Oral History of Bernard Nussbaum - Nixon Library (00:26:46)
11. Host Randal Wallace introduces the Whitewater Scandal , the Real Estate Deal (00:33:40)
12. The Whitewater Scandal story Feb 9, 1994 - CNN (00:35:53)
13. The Whitewater Scandal Feb 9, 1994 1-3 ABC News Coverage with Peter Jennings (00:38:26)
14. Host Randal Wallace talks about the Fiske Investigation on Whitewater (00:55:04)
15. March 9, 1994 Bob Fiske comments on Hearings possibilities with Senator Alphonse DiMato (00:57:45)
16. Host Randal wallace talks about how different this was from 1974 (01:08:08)
17. Press Conference with Senator DiMato and Cohen - C-Span (01:09:37)
18. Host Randal Wallace fast forwards you to the May Press Conference (01:23:40)
19. May 26, 1994 Press Copnference with Robert Fiske pushing for no congressional hearings (01:25:00)
20. Host Randal Wallace reads findings in June report of 1994 before Fiske was not renewed and we leap to Ken Starr (01:27:30)
21. Ken Starr on Bill Clinton "I reported the whole thing" - CBS News (01:29:04)
22. Host Randal Wallace sums up what happened with Whitewater (01:29:50)
23. Larry King Live interview segment with Monica Lewinsky (01:30:52)
24. Closing theme (01:31:19)
604 episodes
Manage episode 506390994 series 2850631
The Whitewater investigation takes a giant leap as Attorney General Janet Reno appoints a Special Prosecutor to look into the case coming out of Arkansas. Former Watergate House Judiciary Committee staffer Bernard Nussbaum is now the assistant legal counsel to the President and his advice is not "No but Hell No!1 Mr. President, don't do that!" But it fell on deaf ears as Democratic Senators put pressure on the White House to take the step and allow a Special Prosecutor to be appointed.
At first Clinton got lucky.
Janet Reno appointed Robert Fiske to oversee the job. He may actually be the one and only Special Prosecutor in the history of its existence who was willing to look at a case and render a nonpartisan fair judgement, which he did, that nothing had happened in Arkansas involving President and Mrs. Clinton, and that Vince Foster had, in fact, committed suicide. He got fired for saying it. Not in so many words, but the Special Counsel statue had run out and Republicans worked to get it renewed. When it was renewed Janet Reno recommended that Fiske remain the Special Prosecutor and be allowed to finish his report. They removed him, and replaced him with Kenneth Starr instead. The rest is history.
This is that story.
Questions or comments at , [email protected] , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/
Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcasts
Thanks for listening!!
Chapters
1. Dedication to Bill Mercer , host of World Class Wrestling, who died this year at age 99 (00:00:00)
2. Kerry Von Erich defeats Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship - Bill Mercer calling the action (00:02:16)
3. Opening of the press conference by Janet Reno announcing Robert Fiske the Special Prosecutor on January 20, 1994 (00:03:38)
4. Intro Music (00:04:58)
5. Whitewater Special Counsel announcement - Cspan January 20, 1994 segment (00:05:22)
6. Host Randal Wallace talks about Special Prosecutors and his opinion of Robert Fiske in that role (00:13:55)
7. Veteran SDNY Prosecutor Bob Fiske on SDNY Probe of Rudy Giuliani - MSNBC Ari Melber (00:16:59)
8. Host Randal Wallace talks special prosecutors (00:24:10)
9. The Clinton Tapes Hillary and Special Prosecutors (00:25:57)
10. Oral History of Bernard Nussbaum - Nixon Library (00:26:46)
11. Host Randal Wallace introduces the Whitewater Scandal , the Real Estate Deal (00:33:40)
12. The Whitewater Scandal story Feb 9, 1994 - CNN (00:35:53)
13. The Whitewater Scandal Feb 9, 1994 1-3 ABC News Coverage with Peter Jennings (00:38:26)
14. Host Randal Wallace talks about the Fiske Investigation on Whitewater (00:55:04)
15. March 9, 1994 Bob Fiske comments on Hearings possibilities with Senator Alphonse DiMato (00:57:45)
16. Host Randal wallace talks about how different this was from 1974 (01:08:08)
17. Press Conference with Senator DiMato and Cohen - C-Span (01:09:37)
18. Host Randal Wallace fast forwards you to the May Press Conference (01:23:40)
19. May 26, 1994 Press Copnference with Robert Fiske pushing for no congressional hearings (01:25:00)
20. Host Randal Wallace reads findings in June report of 1994 before Fiske was not renewed and we leap to Ken Starr (01:27:30)
21. Ken Starr on Bill Clinton "I reported the whole thing" - CBS News (01:29:04)
22. Host Randal Wallace sums up what happened with Whitewater (01:29:50)
23. Larry King Live interview segment with Monica Lewinsky (01:30:52)
24. Closing theme (01:31:19)
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