A prosecutor demanded Wednesday that Susan McDougal be held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions before the Whitewater grand jury.
Prosecutor W. Ray Jahn called McDougal a "recalcitrant witness" and said she had violated a judge's order to testify before the panel investigating the president and first lady's Whitewater land dealings.McDougal and her ex-husband, James, were partners with the Clintons in the Whitewater land development in northern Arkansas. Both were convicted in May on felony fraud counts brought by the Whitewater prosecutor.
She had received a subpoena on Aug. 20, the day she was sentenced to two years in prison on four Whitewater-related felonies.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright ordered McDougal to testify Wednesday. After asking the judge to hold McDougal in contempt, prosecutors met with Wright behind closed doors late Wednesday morning to discuss McDougal's grand jury appearance.