Whitewater, Two Decades Later: Lessons Learned as the Sole Investigative Accountant
Certified Forensic Accountant Steven Bankler takes a look back at his tenure as an expert witness for a congressional committee investigating President Bill Clinton’s investment in Whitewater Development Corporation.
In a report published on his website, he explains that he was U.S. Senate’s investigative accountant for the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters, administered by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
“One could say that the Whitewater investigation presented a “trial by fire” test of my Daubert prowess, since the standard was still in its infancy,” he wrote. “These days, 20 years after the standard was first introduced, there is no excuse not to be prepared.”
