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Legal Fees May Cost Clintons $5 Million

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<i> From Times Wire Services</i>

President Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, may be billed for $5 million or more in legal fees as he fights a sexual-harassment suit and responds to Whitewater inquiries, according to his annual financial disclosure statement.

The statement, released Thursday, shows the Clintons could owe from $1 million to $5 million to Williams & Connolly, a Washington law firm, and $500,000 to $1 million to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom of New York.

The report gives only ranges of assets, liabilities and incomes.

Former Arkansas state employee Paula Corbin Jones alleges then-Gov. Clinton asked her to perform a sexual act in a hotel room in Arkansas. He denies any wrongdoing. The Clintons also face an investigation into their investment in the Whitewater real estate development.

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The disclosure statement includes 73 pages of names and addresses of contributors to the president’s legal defense fund.

The statement also shows that the first family has assets of between $811,017 and $1,861,100.

The report, far less detailed than the federal income tax forms released by the Clintons last month, also showed that last year Clinton accepted a variety of gifts, including two saxophones, numerous golf clubs and a cartoon sketch of himself given by movie director Steven Spielberg.

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