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Executive Privilege
The former governor of North Carolina, Mike Easley, is the focus of this series. Easley accepted a number of free items such as flights, golf club membership, and a discount on a coastal lot. Further, a new job was created strictly for his wife and Easley cleared a friend of DMV violations. He also was involved with a number of other dishonorable activities, which led to state and federal investigations.
Tags: state government; corruption; N.C. State University; administration; laws; first lady; state rules
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Snipergate
This CBS Evening News report broke the story of Hillary Clinton's March '08 embellishment of her trip to Bosnia as First Lady in 1996. On several occasions, Mrs. Clinton falsely claimed she'd had to "duck sniper fire" upon landing at Bosnia's airport shortly after the Ward had officially ended. It was a trip on which
Tags: Hillary Clinton; Bosnia; duck sniper fire; campaign scandal; misstatement; Clinton's account; political lies
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A question of access
An investigation into a private, non-profit foundation run by the governor of Wisconsin's wife to furnish, decorate and maintain the governor's mansion gets its largest donations from people who lobby on issues that come before the governor and the agencies he oversees.
Tags: Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum; Wisconsin first lady Laurie McCallum; Wisconsin Executive Residence Foundation; nonprofits; Wisconsin Executive Residence; Madison; Wisconsin; ethics; lobbyists; governor's mansion
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Once upon a time in Arkansas
As Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and his team of investigators prepared further indictments in the ongoing Whitewater investigation, FRONTLINE's investigative team returned to Arkansas -- where the story began -- to examine and explain how an intricate web of business and personel relationships in a small state led to a trail of actions and obfuscations that continue to haunt the president and first lady.
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ABC News investigates and explains the "Whitewater scandal" plaguing the political reputation of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. Both the President and his wife are suspected of using their respective positions while they were the first couple of Arkansas to safeguard or make money on their investments. The report questions those involved in real estate deals with the Clintons, reveals the true amount of money the Clintons lost, and the ramifications behind the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster, 1994.
Tags: NY Barocci Frank Isham Jennings Oetgen Potter Smith Wooten CHA Clinton and the Arkansas Whitewater Scandal; tape; 11 pgs.
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Forbes magazine investigates Venita VanCaspel, the self-avowed "First Lady of Financial Planning," and finds that her much sought-after advice has cost her clients more than $4.5 million; she has been censured four times by the National Association of Securities Division; clients are sold millions of dollars of limited partnerships that produce big fees for the planner and big losses for the customers, June 25, 1990.
Tags: NY Morgenson PBS