director was meant to bring calm to the justice department and embattled attorney general janet reno. around noon, vince foster returned to his office in the west wing. he was seen by white house counsel bernard nussbaum and three assistants, including one whose part of the greater story wouldn t become clear for five years, a woman named linda tripp. tripp would later tell investigators foster seemed preoccupied. before leaving the building, without his briefcase, he said i ll be back. the events of the next 12 hours may forever be clouded in history but the catalyst that would lead from the whitewater land deal to one of the wildest political stories of all-time. been jimmy s longest.
how it ended, because vince foster was a wonderful man. that changes everything. it changes the white house. it changes the clintons. there seemed to me to be a terrible cloud everywhere. vincent foster was a lifelong friend of president clinton s, and mr. clinton returned to arkansas for the funeral service. in the meantime, he s asked the justice department to coordinate the investigation of this tragedy. but on the night of the suicide and the days that followed, that investigation would be complicated by disputes over the contents of foster s office and who had access to it. vincent foster has died. the president has been informed. mrs. clinton has been informed. people then start visiting vincent foster s office in the white house. there was evidence that documents were removed from foster s office. the white house counsel, bernard nussbaum, presidential aides, mrs. clinton s aides start removing documents. now, what s going on with that? the park police wanted t
janet reno. around noon, vince foster returned to his office in the west wing. he was seen by white house counsel bernard nussbaum and by three assistants, including one whose part in the greater story wouldn t become clear for another five years, a woman named linda tripp. tripp would later tell investigators that foster seemed preoccupied. she brought him lunch in his office, and before leaving the office, without his briefcase, he said, i ll be back. the events of the next 12 hours may forever be clouded in mystery, but they are the catalyst that would lead from the whitewater land deal to one of the wildest political stories of all time.
and it is very important that his life not be judged simply by how it ended because vince foster was a wonderful man. that changes everything. it changes the white house. it changes the clintons. there seemed to me to be a terrible cloud everywhere. vincent foster was a lifelong friend of president clintons and president clinton returned to arkansas for the funeral services. he asked the justice department to coordinate the investigation of this tragedy. on the night of the suicide and the days that followed, that investigation would be complicated by disputes over the contents of foster s office and who had access to it. vincent foster died, the president is informed, mrs. clinton informed. people then start visiting vincent foster s office in the white house. there was evidence that documents were removed from foster s office. the white house counsel bernard nussbaum, presidential aides, mrs. clinton s aides, start removing documents.
to go washington with them. bill clinton obviously became the president of the united states. webb hubbell had the number three position in the justice department, was called associate attorney general. mr. foster went to washington as both the clintons personal lawyer and the deputy white house counsel. along with vincent foster and webster hubbell, notable figures would feature prominently in president clinton s first term. bernard nussbaum, a well-respected attorney part of the congressional staff investigating the watergate scandal was white house counsel. george stephanopoulos who had run communications for the 92 campaign became white house communications director. and florida state attorney ralgene janet reno was appointed u.s. attorney general after controversies forced two early candidates to bow out. it looked like umbrellas, first hundred days were stormy. explosion of extraordinary magnitude that ripped beneath