Murray Waas

Several individuals told federal investigators in 1998 and 1999 that one of the overseers of the Arkansas Project had recruited Theodore B. Olson, President Bush’s nominee for Solicitor General, to provide legal representation for David L. Hale, the Whitewater Independent Counsel’s chief witness against Bill Clinton. During his recent confirmation hearings, Olson himself claimed to […]

The Senate vote last week to confirm Theodore B. Olson as solicitor general by a razor-thin margin had everything to do with politics and little to do with the strength of the Democrats’ case in opposing the nominee, according to key senators and congressional staff. Democrats continued to insist that Olson had indeed given misleading […]