- John Latham (Whitewater)
John Latham former
Madison Guaranty CEO inLittle Rock, Arkansas .Madison Guaranty were owned and run by
Jim McDougal andSusan McDougal . OnFebruary 7 ,1985 Jim McDougal wrote to Gov.Bill Clinton to recommend John Latham for theArkansas State Savings and Loan Board. Richard Massey a friend of John Latham and others helped connect theRose Law Firm to helpMadison Guaranty and Jim McDougal with legal help.Hillary Clinton , with the Rose Law firm, worked with John Latham. In aJuly 11 1985 Internal Madison Guaranty memo from Jim McDougal to John Latham state, "I need to know everything you have pending before the Securities Commission as I intend to get with Hillary Clinton within the next few days." OnJuly 11 ,1986 theFHLBB told Madison Guaranty's Board of Directors to remove John Latham because the S&L's problems had grown worse. John Latham became part ofKenneth Starr 's investigation into Whitewater land deal. John Latham tried to hide from Federal bank examiners a $500,000 insider loan, with aNonrecourse debt that had been made to take a warehouse not on Madison's books. For bank fraud John Latham was given six months. He came into fornt page National news as a result of the Whitewater investigationsReferences
*Washington Post, Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up, Sunday, June 2, 1996; Page A01.
* CNN Money, Fortune Magazine, Favorite S&L Felonies, November 5, 1990
* 1986 Madison Guaranty meno
*President Clinton's videotaped testimony at the bank fraud and conspiracy trial of James and Susan McDougal and Gov. Jim Guy Tucker.
* New York Times, "At Whitewater Session, a Struggle to Recall", By STEPHEN LABATON Published: January 12, 1996Ext. Link
* [http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/WW/white14.html Committee's Whitewater Report]
* [http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/WW/white10.html Committee's Whitewater Report 2]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/stories/wwtr960602.htm Washington Post]
* [http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/CALENDAR.html memos]
* [http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/ARCHIVE/TRANSCRIPT.html Clinton's videotaped testimony]
* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/11/05/74309/index.htm CNN on the bank fraud]
*The Special Committee's Whitewater Report: The Rose Law Firm Billing Records
*Special Committee's Whitewater Report, BACKGROUND
* New York Times, "At Whitewater Session, a Struggle to Recall", By STEPHEN LABATON Published: January 12, 1996 [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802E0DD1039F931A25752C0A960958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]
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