clinton and others or should we drop it. >> hickman ewing took the floor and presented the contents ofebook. >> i'm basically going through various events -- you know, the disappearance of the billing records, what the billing records show. >> we spent a very long, long day building, of course, on all the work that had been done over the years and came to the conclusion that we should not present charges to the grand jury at that time. >> it was decided, including me, we don't have enough to charge her. and i might say, at this point, there were six main people... that would have had information about this. vince foster's dead. jim mcdougal just died. two are in jail -- webb hubbell and susan mcdougal. two are in the white house. >> the creation of a draft indictment is not only ordinary, it's necessary. not to have a draft indictment would have been irresponsible. >> but we were obligated to follow justice department policy, and one of those policies is before you go to the grand jury federal prosecutor and present a proposed indictment, you have to be able to look the grand jurors in

clinton and others or should we drop it. >> hickman ewing took the floor and presented the contents ofebook. >> i'm basically going through various events -- you know, the disappearance of the billing records, what the billing records show. >> we spent a very long, long day building, of course, on all the work that had been done over the years and came to the conclusion that we should not present charges to the grand jury at that time. >> it was decided, including me, we don't have enough to charge her. and i might say, at this point, there were six main people... that would have had information about this. vince foster's dead. jim mcdougal just died. two are in jail -- webb hubbell and susan mcdougal. two are in the white house. >> the creation of a draft indictment is not only ordinary, it's necessary. not to have a draft indictment would have been irresponsible. >> but we were obligated to follow justice department policy, and one of those policies is before you go to the grand jury federal prosecutor and present a proposed indictment, you have to be able to look the grand jurors in

. >> but as the lewinsky investigatiointensified, deputy independent counsel hickman ewing had remainedttle rock, arkansas, trying to wrap up what began as an investigation into the whitewater land deal. along the way, ewing had drafted some possible indictments to potentially be used depending on how the investigation progressed. one draft centered on the first lady of the united states and the mystery surrounding missing billing records from the rose law firm. >> didn't circulate it to anybody, it was not ever presented to a grand jury, but i've got it in a notebook, and it's sitting on my shelf. and it says, "u.s. versus 'a,' 'b', 'c,' hillary rodham clinton, 'd,' 'e,' 'f,' 'g.'" ♪ >> on april 27, 1998, ken starr's prosecutors gathered in a large conference room at their headquarters in washington, d.c. >> the independent counsel convenes a final meeting. we're gonna decide whether we should go forward with an indictment of mrs. clinton and others or should we drop it. >> hickman ewing took the floor and presented the contents of his notebook. >> i'm basically going through various e

a few blocks from the courthouse, deputy independent counsel hickman ewing was working overtime. monica lewinsky, ewing remained in arkansas sifting through years of whitewater remnants. he wrote drafts of possible indictments the president and first lady could face in the whitewater and madison guaranty investigations. >> the one that i think everybody got excited about had to do with billing records, removal of documents from foster's office. he hadn't circulated to anybody. he's not ever presented it to a grand jury, but i've got it in a notebook. >> the document explored the possible charges regarding legal work that was done by the first lady at the rose law firm, the disappearance and reappearance of the billing records, and the first lady's frequent lapse in memory when questioned. >> young lawyer comes in, says, "well, how are we going to write this final report?" so i reach up and grab this folder. i said, "here's my final report right here," and it says, "u.s. versus a, b, c, hillary rodham clinton, d, e, f, g." >> the existence of the draft indictment wasn't publicly kn

in little rock, he brought in hickman ewing jr. a former u.s. attorney from tennessee. >> there was theton office and the little rock office. i was on the washington team. >> i got a call from someone, and they said that ken starr's looking for somebody experienced in white-collar crime and corruption cases who can speak southern. well, that would be me. >> as the new team assembled and the investigations ramped up once again, media attention intensified. >> we really tried to concentrate and focus and to steal ourselves and to shield ourselves as much as possible to what was going on in the public square, so to speak. >> by late summer of 1994, it was unclear if anyone yet realized just how hard that would become. by august, the whitewater headaches had damaged the white house's messaging. not only had a new independent counsel begun digging around, but republicans in cess d turned up the heat in the first round of cgressional hearings. and then came the midterm elections. >> when prident clinton was first elected, he brought with him a strong democratic majority. >> but 1994 had alrea