Article: Treasury Deputy Knew of Whitewater Meetings, Senate Told; Department Counsel Says She Was Told to Brief White House Aides Last Fall on Investigation

Treasury counsel Jean Hanson has told a Senate committee preparing for Whitewater hearings that Deputy Secretary Roger C. Altman instructed her to brief White House officials last fall on the Whitewater investigation, according to congressional sources.

Altman had told Congress that he did not know about the prior meetings between Hanson and top White House aides.

In documents turned over to Congress, Hanson also contends that Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen was informed on several occasions of developments in the investigation, contrary to his public suggestion that he has been removed from the Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan matter.

In a March 3 statement, Bentsen said he was ...

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