Plugged Into the Webb
Borders, Rebecca
"Plugged Into the Webb" THE CLINTONS MAY THINK THEIR PAL WEBSTER HUBBELL PLUGGED IS SAFELY LOCKED AWAY IN FEDERAL PRISON, BUT THE INTO THE RECORDS HE LEFT BEHIND IMPLICATE THEM AND THEIR WEBB CRONIES IN A WIDE RANGE...
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...One lobbyist with unusual access to Hubbell was Beryl Anthony, whose wife Sheila was Vince Foster's sister and worked under Hubbell in the Justice Department as assistant secretary for legislative affairs...
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...As Mondale for President campaign treasurer back in 1984, he had gone over John Zaccaro and Geraldine Ferraro's financial records before Ferraro was named Mon-dale's running mate...
...During her time at the White House she evidently worked out of Vince Foster's office, leaving Foster's number in her messages for Hubbell —with whom she met on both May 20 and May 25...
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...Lyons's prominence in the Clinton inner circle would grow that summer...
...along with law partner and then—Clinton private attorney Bob Barnett, he met with Hubbell the following day at Kendall's office...
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...Berman's loyalty to Hubbell definitely extended to the Clintons: According to the Washington Post of July 31, 1994, "Berman is raising funds for Clinton's legal defense fund, after working with White House counsel Lloyd N. Cutler in setting up the fund...
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...Immediately before and after that meeting, Scott called Hubbell at his office—apparently she was reporting back to him the substance of her tete-a-tete...
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...On July 20, the day of Foster's suicide, Lyons left multiple messages for both Foster and Hubbell...
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...According to sources close to the White House, lobbyist Berman met regularly with Foster, the first lady's chief of staff Margaret Williams, and even the president...
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...Wbile Palladino remains a murky presence in the Clinton entourage, the high-visibility Mike Berman is no less important to the inner circle...
...On October 27, Lyons went jogging with Bill Clinton at 7:30 a.m., and later left another message for Hubbell: "He's meeting with Bruce Lindsey if you need to reach him...
...Palladino may even have a Travelgate connection...
...She phoned Hubbell in the middle of the meeting, and then again the following day from her office...
...She is quoted in the bowels of the Fiske Report, however, saying that at this meeting Foster told her he had come to "a decision...
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...THE CLINTONS MAY THINK THEIR PAL WEBSTER HUBBELL PLUGGED IS SAFELY LOCKED AWAY IN FEDERAL PRISON, BUT THE INTO THE RECORDS HE LEFT BEHIND IMPLICATE THEM AND THEIR WEBB CRONIES IN A WIDE RANGE OF COVERUPS AND CHICANERY by Rebecca Borders After former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell was charged with income tax evasion and mail fraud in December 1994, Bill and Hillary Clinton were quick to distance themselves from the potentially explosive situation...
...Radar ahead of you IIIIIRadar to the side Radar behind you According to two different accounts, Lyons paid a visit to the White House on July 22, 1993...
...Their ominous May 7 meeting came less than two weeks before Hubbell's Senate confirmation hearing on May 19...
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...According to Hubbell's phone logs and appointment calendar, Berman helped him through his own difficult confirmation and the rough times that followed...
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Vol. 29 • January 1996 • No. 1
