白水:
白水事件 (Whitewater scandal) 是一件美国政治丑闻,发生在比尔.克林顿的第一个总统任期,白宫副法律顾问文森特.福斯特(Vincent Foster)死后。人们获知,白宫总法律顾问伯纳德.努斯鲍姆(Bernard Nussbaum)从福斯特的办公室毁掉了关于白水开发公司(Whitewater Development Corporation)的文档。克林顿总统和他的妻子曾投资这家公司;在联邦证券交易委员会(Securities and Exchange Commission)对麦迪逊投资担保公司(Madison Guaranty,一家阿肯色州信托公司)破产的调查中,克林顿被控与这次投资相关的欺诈。
At Clinton's request, an independent counsel was appointed in 1994 by the Department of Justice to investigate the legality of Whitewater transactions. Two further accusations then surfaced: that Clinton had exerted pressure on a Little Rock, Arkansas businessman to make a loan that would benefit him and the owners of Madison Guaranty, and that an Arkansas bank had concealed transactions involving Clinton's gubernatorial campaign in 1990.