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Webb Hubbell's Sorry Story; The Clinton Confidant Did Time for Fraud, And Now He's Written A Book. Will the Public Buy It?
1997
Overview
So, if the average American has any image of Hubbell, it's probably as an affable, drawling Arkansan, a buddy of the first couple who turned out to be a felon. The general public may have neither the time nor the inclination to listen to Hubbell's apology. Unlike Nixon, he's not grand enough to seem malignant. And unlike Robert McNamara -- whom people very much wanted to hear apologize, even if they didn't believe him -- Hubbell hasn't become a linchpin for history. Hubbell already feels as far away as Bert Lance. He does so at length in a book released today: \"Friends in High Places: Our Journey From Little Rock to Washington, D.C.\" Whitewater junkies and conspiracy theorists might be disappointed by the book: There are no shattering revelations, no smoking gun, no damning details. A lot of people -- including Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr -- think Hubbell knows more than he's telling. Some think he's the link that can take Whitewater to the White House. Asked why he didn't write a tell-all book, Hubbell laughs with exasperation: Of course, there is another possible reason: Hubbell is still under investigation by Starr, this time for about $500,000 in consulting fees Hubbell received after he resigned from the No. 3 post at the Justice Department in March 1994. Some of the money was paid by the Lippo Group, the Indonesian-based conglomerate at the center of inquiries into Democratic fund-raising. At least one congressman has wondered aloud if it was \"hush money\" paid to keep Hubbell from singing to the feds about what he might know about Whitewater and the Clintons. Hubbell won't comment on the consulting money he was paid, saying that, even though he gave up his law license, he is still bound by attorney-client privilege.
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