Dick Morris baselessly suggested Clinton replaced Arkansas U.S. attorney to avoid Whitewater investigation

SUMMARY: Dick Morris baselessly suggested that former President Bill Clinton "fire[d] all 93 US Attorneys" upon entering office in 1993 in order to "cover for firing [U.S. Attorney Charles] Banks and replacing him with Paula Casey, a Clinton ally," falsely suggesting that Banks "was hot on [Clinton's] heels as he probed charges that swirled around the [Whitewater] land deal." In fact, Banks had reportedly resisted investigating the Whitewater matter in 1992, just weeks before the presidential election, in defiance of pressure from officials in then-President George H.W. Bush's administration.

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