Dan Burton: “this week, the President's business partners in the Whitewater venture were found guilty of a total of 22 counts of bank…”

“this week, the President's business partners in the Whitewater venture were found guilty of a total of 22 counts of bank fraud. James and Susan McDougal were President and Mrs. Clinton's business partners in the Whitewater Development Corp.--which is still the main focus of Kenneth Starr's investigation. In addition, Jim Guy Tucker, Bill Clinton's successor as Governor of Arkansas, was found guilty of conspiracy and mail fraud. Recently, a number of my colleagues have been raising questions about Mr. Starr's ethics and his work as Independent Counsel. They have stated that he is biased because of his Republican background or his legal work for different clients. Mr. Speaker, this is nonsense being put out by the Democrats for political purposes. Mr. Starr's results speak for themselves: First, of 19 charges that Mr. Starr filed against Mr. McDougal, he was convicted on 18. Second, of four charges Mr. Starr filed against Mrs. McDougal, she was convicted on all four. Third, of seven charges filed against Governor Tucker, he was convicted on two. Fourth, of 30 charges Mr. Starr filed in these cases, he won convictions on 24. That is an 80 percent conviction rate. A jury of 12 Arkansas citizens has examined the evidence and clearly does not feel that Mr. Starr is filing frivolous or unsupported charges.”