Whitewater Trials and Impeachment of a President: 1994-99

Defendants: Webster L. Hubbell, James B. McDougal, Susan McDougal, and Jim Guy Tucker
Crimes Charged: McDougals and Tucker: Bank fraud and conspiracy; Susan McDougal: Mail fraud, making false financial statements and entries, civil contempt of court, criminal contempt of court, and obstruction of justice; Hubbell: Tax evasion, mail fraud, and perjury
Chief Defense Lawyers: McDougals: Mark J. Geragos and Bobby McDaniel; Hubbell: John Nields and Charles Owen
Chief Prosecutors: Charles Bakaly, Mark J. Barrett, W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., Robert B. Fiske, Jr., W. Ray Jahn, Julie Myers, and Kenneth W. Starr
Judges: McDougals and Tucker: George Howard, Jr.; Hubbell: James Robertson
Places: Little Rock, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C.
Dates of Trials: McDougals and Tucker (bank fraud and conspiracy trial): March 4-May 29, 1996; Susan McDougal (criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice trial): March
8—April 13, 1999; Hubbell: December 1994; July 1, 1998; June 30, 1999
Verdicts: McDougals and Tucker: Guilty of bank fraud and conspiracy; Susan McDougal: Guilty of civil contempt, not guilty of obstructing justice, mistrial on criminal contempt; Hubbell: Pleaded guilty 1994, pleaded guilty with plea bargain 1999
Sentences: James McDougal: 3 years imprisonment, $4.2 million restitution, $10,000 fine, 3 years probation; Susan McDougal: For bank fraud and conspiracy, 2 years imprisonment, 3-year probation with 300 hours of community service, $300,000 restitution, $5,000 fine; for contempt of court and obstruction of justice: 18 months imprisonment; Tucker: 4 years imprisonment (suspended because of ill health), 18 months home detention, $25,000 fine, $294,000 restitution and interest; Hubbell: 18 months imprisonment