This Office investigated whether President Clinton gave knowingly false testimony at the same trial regarding the circumstances of Madison Guaranty’s retention of the Rose Law Firm.
This Office determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that President Clinton’s testimony regarding these matters was knowingly false.
This Office also investigated whether Mrs. Clinton made knowingly false statements to the Resolution Trust Corporation regarding the relationship between Madison Guaranty and the Rose Law Firm, as well as her own work related to Madison Guaranty. This Office determined that the evidence, including evidence reflected in the billing records of the Rose Law Firm, was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that her statements to the RTC regarding these matters were knowingly false.
This Office investigated whether Mrs. Clinton was involved in any effort to obstruct this or other investigations by withholding relevant evidence or information in connection with Rose Law Firm billing records.
On January 5, 1996, some 18 months after Mrs. Clinton received a subpoena for all records in her possession involving Madison Guaranty and related entities, a copy of the Rose Law Firm billing records reflecting the Firm’s and Mrs. Clinton’s representation of Madison Guaranty and related entities were produced by counsel for Mrs. Clinton. The circumstances surrounding the 18-month delay in producing the billing records could not be established. Mr. Hubbell testified in the Senate that he and former Deputy Counsel to the President Vincent W. Foster Jr. had the billing records in February/March 1992. Carolyn Huber, an assistant to President Clinton, testified in the Senate that she found certain documents in the White House residence in August 1995 and placed them in an office where they remained until January 1996. She also testified in the Senate that in January 1996, she found them again and realized that those same documents were the billing records. At that time, they were produced to this Office.
This Office determined that the evidence of the circumstances surrounding the handling of the records between March 1992 and August 1995 and January 1996 was inconclusive and thus was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any person, including Mrs. Clinton, knowingly and willfully possessed the billing records with the intent to obstruct justice or that any person, including Mrs. Clinton, gave knowingly false testimony regarding the handling of the billing records.
This Office investigated whether the employment of Webster L. Hubbell by supporters of the President following Mr. Hubbell’s resignation from the Department of Justice constituted a criminal quid pro quo to obstruct this investigation’s access to truthful testimony from Mr. Hubbell. This Office determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the employment of Mr. Hubbell constituted a criminal quid pro quo and, consequently, the evidence was also insufficient, in the judgment of this Office, to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that President or Mrs. Clinton was involved in any effort to provide such a quid pro quo to Mr. Hubbell.
