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August 3, 1994 - Part 8
(19:40:40) Mr. EGGLESTON. Sir, my recollection is that-I can't remember how I got to Maggie Williams' office, although it's about 10 yards from Mr. Nussbaum's office. It's in the same general location of the west wing. Senator GRAMM. You walked over there, though? Mr. EGGLESTON. I must have-let me just say also I don't think that Mr. Altman was thinking about meeting 151 Senator GRAMM. Let me go back-Mr. Altman came in. You were there. What did he say and how did he say it? Mr. EGGLESTON. He came in. He did not sit down. As I recall, he stood right inside the door, closed the door and said, quietly without any particular emphasis, I've decided not to recuse or I've decided not to recuse for now-I can't quite remember which one and turned around and walked out. I think he was Senator GRAMM. That's all he said, he came in and said, I've decided not to recuse, and then he walked out. Was there applause? Mr. EGGLESTON. Sir, I think he walked out and the meeting-if you call it a meeting, no one was sitting-lasted about 10 seconds. There was no applause. Senator GRAMM. No one said a word? Mr. EGGLESTON. I do not remember anyone saying anything back to him. I don't think he was there long enough. Senator GRAMM. But people were still there when Ms. Hanson showed up, who had been beeped to come out of her luncheon. Mr. EGGLESTON. Ms. Hanson showed up within seconds of the time Mr. Altman left. Senator GRAMM. Is that not the meeting where Mr. Ickes says to her, how many people know about this recusal thing, and she said three, and he said, well, that's good we don't want it to be known? Is that the meeting where that happened? Mr. EGGLESTON. Let me just make sure I'm clear about what I remember about it. The CHAIRMAN. Why don't you go ahead and finish this answer. Time is up and we 're going to continue on here, but complete the answer. Mr. EGGLESTON. My recollection is that Mr. Ickes said, how many people at Treasury know about this. I thought she said four or five and I don't remember anything after that. I think I was leaving. This was over. Nothing-we were all standing, when this took place, by the door, and I walked out. Senator D'AMATO. I think you gave a deposition where you indicated that you did hear the statement and that Mr. Ickes says, it's better that you forget that. Mr. EGGLESTON. Well, you know, I don't think that I did say that in my deposition. I think I was asked what I understood by that, and I think I understood by that that he meant that should be closely held, and I apologize if I'm misremembering but I think I didn't say that I had heard, actually, the rest of the conversation. I'm just doing my best. If that's wrong, Senator D'Amato, I'm sorry. The CHAIRMAN. We'll dig it out and check. Senator Sarbanes. Senator SARBANES. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Earlier, as I recall, I think a couple of you said that after the testimony of February 24th before the Committee, there was concern in the White House over two things: one, that Mr. Altman had not mentioned the recusal discussion that took place at the meeting of February 2nd; and second, that the earlier contacts had not been referenced. He' said there was only that one contact. Then there was a third thing which you said didn't rise to the level of who called the meeting. Why did you think that Altman knew about the earlier contacts? 152 Mr. EGGLESTON. Senator, it was our view-we did not think--I did not think that he knew about the earlier contacts) but it seemed to me, and it seemed to others in these meetings, including I think, Mr. Mein, that Mr. Altman was answering on behalf of the' RTC. The question that Mr. Bond-that Senator Bond had Posed to him was when the RTC informed the White House about the criminal referrals. It was our view that he was responding on behalf of his institution, that Ms. Hanson had been sitting at the hearing, and that he should at least-even if he did not know that he should at least for the record make clear that there had been these earlier-because he was not-he was responding on behalf of his institution and if he had information-if his institution had information that was contrary to what he thought, he still should be providing it to the Committee. That was our Senator SARBANES. That information was transmitted by Ms. Hanson from the Treasury. Was Altman, in effect, very carefully making a distinction there? Mr. EGGLESTON. I was not thinking about this issue that carefully. I knew she was sitting there. I think he was testifying in his role as head of the RTC, not in his role as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Senator SARBANES. Mr. Sloan, you were at the-at least partially this meeting with Nussbaum and Hanson on September 29th? Mr. SLOAN. Yes, sir. Senator SARBANES. 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August 3, 1994 - Part 8
(19:45:47) Senator SARBANES. Let me ask you. As you interacted with Ms. Hanson, and I'll extend the question to others at the table, did you perceive her as being Altman's agent or acting on her own? Mr. SLOAN. My only knowledge is with respect to that reference because she made that reference. Senator SARBANES. What's your perception of the Altman/Hanson arrangement or relationship, business relationship? Do you think, Hanson would have come to the White House bringing you information about the criminal referrals if Altman hadn't authorized or tasked or instructed her, indicated to her, directed her to come over with that information? Mr. SLOAN. Senator Sarbanes, I honestly am not in a position to give an informed Judgment on that matter. Senator SARBANES. When you all interacted with Hanson on mat-. ters, did you perceive her to be acting for Altman? Mr. SLOAN. The only thing that I can tell you is that with that reference to Roger Altman in the meeting--I mean, I assumed there had been some prior discussion with Roger Altman but the, sole basis for that assumption was the comment that I related to you. And I should add that in a subsequent telephone conversation with me, she said that no, she had been mistaken, and she made" 153 some reference to a March 1992 New York Times article, and so Senator SARBANES. That's the conversation where she told you she was mistaken in telling Nussbaum that materials had been sent over? Mr. SLOAN. That's correct. Senator SARBANES. And she then the next day called and it said it wasn't materials, it was a faxed article that was sent? Mr. SLOAN, I don't remember her saying that exactly. I remember her calling our attention to the article. I don't remember if she said it had been sent. I have a couple of lines in my notes of September 30th that relate to that discussion, but my independent recollection is that she was calling our attention to the article. Senator SARBANES. That's the article that Altman faxed back in March 1992? Mr. SLOAN. That's what I would now understand it to be. It's a March 1992 New York Times article about the Whitewater matter, is my understanding. Senator SARBANES. It's an article of March 1992, but Altman faxed it over on March 1993? Mr. SLOAN. That's a fact that 1 believe I've learned in the last several weeks-- exactly when it was faxed-in the course of these investigations, but that's my understanding. Senator SARBANES. Of the people at the table, Mr. Eggleston, you're the only one who was in the meeting of February 2nd in which the recusal was discussed. How long did that meeting last entirely? Mr. EGGLESTON. Twenty minutes. 1 really have very little recollection of how long. Senator SARBANES. How much of it was devoted to the recusal discussion? Mr. EGGLESTON, I think it was about half and half, but, Senator Sarbanes. I'm really guessing, Senator SARBANES. And were the principal discussants of the recusal Altman and Nussbaum? Mr. EGGLESTON. Yes. Senator SARBANES. Anyone else? Mr. EGGLESTON. I don't specific-I'm not using that coyly, I don't specificall remember anybody else. The CHAIRMAN. Would you yield at that point, Senator Sarbanes, because that is a little different than what I think I heard earlier when of you indicated that there were a number of concerns expressed by people in the room, so that it was not just an expression concern from Nussbaum, but there were others there and that the phalanx of opinion was pretty much on the other side of that issue. Am I not remembering that correctly? Mr. EGGLESTON. No, I think you're accurate. I cannot separate this conversation out by who the speakers were except I have a general recollection that Mr. Nussbaum and Mr. Altman were the two people who probably spoke most. I could not say, and I guess have a general sense that others asked questions of Mr. Altman. I don't think I asked any questions, so I'm sorry. I think I have amended my answer, Senator Sarbanes. 154 Senator SARBANES. When the meeting-what set the alarm bells off in the White House? Were you actually watching the hearing and listening to the testimony? Mr. EGGLESTON. The alarm bells were set off by myself. I was in your hearing room in this building. Senator SARBANES. You were here at the hearing? Mr. EGGLESTON. I was here at the hearing. Senator SARBANES, You sat there in the audience and thought to yourself, this is not the right testimony? Mr. EGGLESTON. Yes, sir, after I heard the responses to the questions from Senator Gramm I had a cellular phone and I went out to the hall to call back to the White House. Senator SARBANES. Mr. Chairman, I see my time is about up and I want to just take the remaining time to just engage Mr. Mein for a moment. I really have no question to put to him.