ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Thank you both for being with us. Rex Nelson, this trial is set to begin March 4th. Refresh our memory about the trial. What’s–who’s being charged with what?

REX NELSON, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: (Little Rock) Well, of course, we have a Whitewater grand jury which has been meeting for quite some time here in Little Rock. An indictment came down from that grand jury on August 17th of last year charging Jill McDougal, Susan McDougal, and Bill Clinton’s successor as governor of Arkansas, Jim "Guy" Tucker. They are being tried together on charges that are not directly related to the Whitewater Development Corporation, which, of course, was the President’s partnership with Jim McDougal.

ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Now, they have, what, 17 charges in total? They’ve been indicted on 17 charges, or at least Susan McDougal has, right?

MR. NELSON: There are actually nineteen charges against Jim McDougal, eleven charges against Gov. Tucker, and eight charges against Susan McDougal.

ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And what–how was President Clinton related to this? Why would the McDougals want him to testify on their behalf?

MR. NELSON: Really, if the linchpin of the prosecution case is a former municipal judge here in Little Rock named David Hale. David Hale claims that a lot of Arkansas political figures back in the ’80’s put pressure on him to make unwise loans. One of those political figures was then Gov. Bill Clinton, and he says that Clinton put pressure on him to make a $300,000 loan to Susan McDougal, and so Susan McDougal says I need the President’s testimony in order to clear me.

ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And we should make it clear that the President is not being accused of any wrongdoing here.