2- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, March 8, 1994 Clinton r THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - President Clinton yesterday rejected compari- : sons of the Whitewater affair to Watergate, strongly defended his wife's conduct, and accused Republi- cans of being "blatantly partisan" in attempting to gin up "hysteria" on the issue. Clinton's comments came as the White House attempted to get beyond a weekend dominated by reports about the resignation of the White House counsel and the subpoenaing of six senior aides about a series of meet- ings on the Resolution Trust Corp.'s investigation of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan, a failed Arkansas thrift with ties to the Clintons. Yesterday, the Clintons and the rest of the White House staff found themselves sorting through the trash and reviewing computer messages in ,an effort to comply with Special Coun- sel Robert B. Fiske's subpoena for all documents relating to those meetings. The only good news for the White House yesterday was Fiske's letter to the House and Senate Banking Com- i ejects allu mittees urging them to hold off on hearings that would focus on Madi- son and Whitewater, the real estate investment that the Clintons entered into with Madison owner James McDougal and his former wife. Fiske expressed "strong concern" about the possibility of hearings and warned that such an inquiry "would pose a severe risk to the integrity of our investigation." Sen. Donald Riegle (D-Flint) reply- ing to Fiske, agreed that the banking committee "should defer to your inves- tigation." But members of the House Banking Committee said they will pro- ceed with a March24 oversight hearing that Republicans intend to use to focus on the Madison criminal referrals. The continuing impact of the Whitewater investigation and the Fiske subpoenas on the normal opera- tions of the White House was evident at Clinton's press conference yester- day with Georgian leader Eduard Schevardnadze. Each of the U.S. re- porters questioning Clinton asked about that subject, and none of the subpoenaed aides appeared in the East isions to Watergate IG F Room for the event. Clinton said that neither he nor Hillary Rodham Clinton were briefed on the three meetings between senior White House officials and Treasury Department aides concerning the Madison investigation. But he said that "some time in October" he became aware of the fact that the Resolution Trust Corp. had referred the Madison case to the Jus- tice Department for possible criminal prosecution. The Clintons were not accused of any wrongdoing by the RTC, but were identified in the Oct. 8 referral as possible beneficiaries of improprieties at Madison. "I don't remember when I knew about it or who told me about it, but it was just sort of presented as a fact, a decision that had been made by the government," Clinton said. "And I didn't think much about it at the time. It was just something that I absorbed." Although the president was aware of the referral before it was reported by the Washington Post on Oct. 31, Hillary Clinton only learned of it by reading the newspaper, a senior offi- cial said yesterday. The White House was first alerted to the referral on Sept. 29, when Trea- sury Department general counsel Jean Hanson told White House counsel Ber- nard W. Nussbaum that it was coming. Administration officials said that Nussbaum "swears he did not tell either Clinton" President asks Cutler to be new White House counsel THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON - President Clinton is trying to persuade Lloyd N. Cutler to serve as White House counsel, turning to a well-known Washington figure who held the samejob in the Carter administra- tion to help quiet the uproar over White House ethics. Administration officials said over the weekend that they were searching fora "Lloyd Cutler" type, and yesterday tried to make that wish become reality. Sources said late yesterday that Cutler and White House officials were trying to work out the terms of his appointment. If they can reach agreement, a formal announcement could be made as early as today. But even if Cutler decides not to join the ad- ministration, the effort to recruit him underscores the severity of the problems White House officials have created for themselves in their handling of the Whitewater affair. 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