Editing Webster Hubbell (section)

=== Federal government career ===
After the [[1992 United States presidential election|1992 election]], Hubbell was one of the Clinton Administration transition's senior officials, Counsel to the Transition Board and responsible for [[vetting]] appointments to the [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]] and other top positions,<ref name = "nytimesresignation">{{cite news
| title = A Clinton Friend Admits Mail Fraud and Tax Evasion
| work = New York Times
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E3DF1539F934A35751C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
| access-date = May 28, 2008
| first=Stephen
| last=Labaton
| date=December 7, 1994
}}</ref> among others [[George Stephanopoulos]], [[Henry Cisneros]], and [[R. James Woolsey Jr.|Jim Woolsey]], former head of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[Bernard W. Nussbaum]], [[White House Counsel]].

After Clinton's [[inauguration]], Hubbell became White House liaison to the [[United States Department of Justice]],<ref name = "nytimesresignation"/> arriving at Justice on January 20, 1993.<ref name = "dojwacoreport">{{cite web
| title = Report to the Deputy Attorney General on the Events at Waco, Texas
| work = U.S. Department of Justice
| url = http://www.usdoj.gov/05publications/waco/waconine.html
| date = October 8, 1993
| access-date = May 28, 2008
}}</ref>  During the period before an [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] was approved, Hubbell worked as the assistant to the Attorney General,<ref name = "nytimescharge">{{cite news
| title = Notes on Justice; Who's in Charge? Bush Holdover Says He Is, but Two Clinton Men Differ
| work = New York Times
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3DF1F38F936A15752C0A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
| access-date = May 28, 2008
| first=Stephen
| last=Labaton
| date=January 25, 1993
}}</ref> but reported to Republican appointee, Acting Attorney General [[Stuart M. Gerson]]. Clinton considered Hubbell for the Attorney General position on January 30, 1993, after [[Zoë Baird]]'s name was withdrawn, but Clinton nominated [[Janet Reno]] instead.<ref name = "nytimesfloat">{{cite news
| title = Clinton Selects 2 Top Aides To a Boss to Be Announced
| work = New York Times
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DD1231F932A05752C0A965958260&scp=6
| access-date = May 28, 2008
| first=Stephen
| last=Labaton
| date=January 31, 1993
}}</ref>

Hubbell was formally nominated as Associate Attorney General on April 2, 1993,<ref name = "nytimesnominate">{{cite news
| title = Senior Officials Named At Justice Department
| work = New York Times
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D6113AF930A35757C0A965958260&scp=14
| access-date = May 28, 2008
| first=David
| last=Johnston
| author-link=David Cay Johnston
| date=April 3, 1993
}}</ref> and was immediately attacked for his ties to the Clintons.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} Hubbell's nomination was nonetheless quickly confirmed by the U.S. Senate and he served as Associate Attorney General until April 1994. He oversaw all the civil divisions of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and was appointed by Janet Reno as the Chief Operating Officer of Department and its 100,000 employees and $10 billion budget.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Justice Post Nominee Says He Has Quit Golf Club
| work = New York Times
| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DF113BF933A15756C0A965958260&scp=24
| access-date = May 28, 2008
| first=David
| last=Johnston
| date=May 20, 1993
}}</ref>

==== Resignation and conviction ====
During the [[Whitewater controversy]], Hubbell was indicted for allegedly overbilling clients while in private practice. Hubbell had previously resigned as associate attorney general on April 14, 1994, to avoid controversy regarding his work at Justice and in hopes of reaching a resolution with the Rose Law Firm. In December 1994 Hubbell pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax fraud and on June 28, 1995, Judge George Howard sentenced Hubbell to 21 months' imprisonment. As a convicted felon, Hubbell entered [[Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland]] in August 1995, and was released from a halfway house in February 1997.<ref name = "specialcounsel">{{cite news
| title = Final Report of the Independent Counsel in Regards to the Whitewater Investigation (Vol. III, Part C)
| work = GPO
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/transcripts/whitewater_032002.html
| access-date = March 17, 2007
| date= January 5, 2001
}}</ref>

In 1997, [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow & Co]] published ''Friends in High Places'', Hubbell's autobiographical account of his rise in Arkansas politics and his time in the Clinton administration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Webb Hubbell - Biography|url=https://webbhubbell.com/biography/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=Webb Hubbell|language=en-US}}</ref>