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The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy, sometimes referred to as Chinagate, was an effort by the People's Republic of China to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.
The Whitewater controversy, Whitewater scandal, Whitewatergate, or simply Whitewater, was an American political controversy during the 1990s.It began with an investigation into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation.
Among the groups circulating petitions supporting an impeachment of Clinton was a group named the "National Impeach Clinton ACTION Committee", which was run by the far-right John Birch Society, who called for Clinton to be impeached for the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy. [6] [7] [8]
Lewinsky, 51, became a household name in 1998 after her affair with Clinton, 77, was made public. The two were intimate while Lewinsky worked at the White House as an intern in the 1990s.
Controversies associated with the former President of the United States Bill Clinton and his administration (1993–2001). "Controversies" here means allegations of legal or ethical wrongdoing (such as the Whitewater controversy), not policy proposals that people debated heavily and thus were "controversial" (such as the Clinton health care plan), but would include lawsuits like American ...
When Hillary Clinton ran for senator in 2000, her opponent, Rick Lazio, used the controversy to rebuke Clinton in a debate, saying "please, no lectures from Motel 1600 on campaign finance reform." [14] During the presidency of Barack Obama, however, the Lincoln Bedroom was off-limits to guests.
Multiple controversies regarding the Clinton campaign have come to light through these emails including transcripts of Clinton's paid speeches to top bankers where she is quoted as stating the ...
John Huang (Chinese: 黃建南, born 1945) is a major figure in the 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.He worked for Lippo Bank in California and Worthen Bank in Arkansas, and as deputy assistant secretary for international economic affairs in U.S. President Bill Clinton's Commerce Department before he became a chief fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in 1996.