Eugene Fitzhugh

Eugene Fitzhugh (died August 21, 2007)¹ A Little Rock, Arkansas lawyer and businessman.

On June 23, 1994 he pleaded guilty to trying to bribe David Hale. In exchange for his bribery plea, he was sentenced to 28 months, and prosecutors dropped charges accusing him of conspiring to defraud the Small Business Administration. He also received one year of probation, a $3,000.00 fine and lost his law license. The guilty plea was part of Kenneth Starr's probe into what is known as the Whitewater investigation and report. He came into front page National news as a result of the Whitewater investigations. He was sentenced with his colleague Charles Matthews.

David Hale is a former Arkansas municipal judge, a former Arkansas banker, Bill Clinton political supporter and a witness in the Whitewater scandal trials.

References

CBS News, Caught In The Whitewater Net, Washington, May 19, 1998
The NY Times, First Trial for Whitewater Prosecutor, June 20, 1994
Obituary: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-08-25-3365001399_x.htm

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