Webster Hubbell

Webster Lee Hubbell (born 1949), known as Webster L. Hubbell and Web Hubbell, was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a lawyer in Pulaski County before serving as Mayor of Little Rock from 1979 until he resigned in 1981. He was appointed by Bill Clinton as chief justice of Arkansas State Supreme Court in 1983. When Clinton became President, Hubbell was appointed as associate attorney general; he was generally considered the third most powerful person in the Justice Department.

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Arkansas - Lawyer - Politician - Pulaski County - Mayor - Little Rock - 1979 - 1981 - Bill Clinton - President - Justice Department

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In December 1994, Hubbell pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges connection with his handling of billing at the Rose Law Firm. In 1995, he was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment.

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December - 1994 - Mail fraud - Tax evasion - Rose Law Firm - 1995

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The House Committee on Government Reform says Hubbell's earnings from June 1994 to January 1995 totaled $600,000, including a $45,000 grant from the Consumer Support and Education Fund. The Los Angeles-based non-profit hired Hubbell to write a series of papers about public service at the behest of its founder, John Phillips, a friend.

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But Hubbell never completed the project, and Phillips reimbursed the group the $45,000 out of his own pocket. In a deposition given to the House committee, Phillips explained that when Hubbell was only able to pay back $10,000 of the amount owed, Phillips 'took security interest' in 21 pieces of art that hung in Hubbell's Washington home.

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The artwork, which includes signed lithographs by Grant Wood, Joan Miro, and Alexander Calder, now adorns the walls of the home of Phillips and his wife, ABC correspondent Linda Douglass."

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Grant Wood - Alexander Calder - Linda Douglass

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Mickey Kantor in sworn testimony to congressional investigators described steps he took to help Hubbell obtain a $24,750 "consulting fee" from the City of Los Angeles at the same time prosecutors examining the Whitewater affair were seeking the cooperation of Hubbell.

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Mickey Kantor - City of Los Angeles

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In 1998, Hubbell was indicted on additional federal tax evasion and conspiracy charges. He made a plea bargain with independent counsel Kenneth Starr, agreeing to plead guilty, pending judicial review, to a felony charge of lying about the role he and Hillary Clinton played as attorneys in Castle Grande, a failed land deal, that contributed to the collapse of Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan. By avoiding a trial, Hubbell insured that Hillary Clinton would not have to testify in court during her run for U.S. Senate. In October of 2000, the Supreme Court dismissed Hubbell's indictment.

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1998 - Tax evasion - Conspiracy - Independent counsel - Kenneth Starr - Hillary Clinton - Castle Grande - Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan - U.S. Senate - 2000 - Supreme Court

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