Susan McDougal
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Susan McDougal is one of the few people who served prison time as a result of the Whitewater Scandal. She also spent spent 18 months in prison including 7 weeks in solitary confinement for civil contempt of court after refusing to cooperate with special prosecutor Kenneth Starr.
Prior to this, she had already been convicted (on May 28, 1996) and spent time in prison for four counts of fraud and conspiracy relating to the Whitewater scandal. She was later charged with (and acquitted of) embezzlement against noted conductor Zubin Mehta. McDougal received a full Presidential pardon from Bill Clinton in 2001.
McDougal has written The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk and works as an advocate for prison reform.
External links
- "The trials and tribulations of Susan McDougal" (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/04/08/mcdougal.trials/) CNN.com - April 8, 1999