Study Links Donors, White House Stays

More than 75 people who contributed to or raised money for President Clinton or the Democratic Party have spent the night in the Clinton White House, according to a new study by the Center for Public Integrity. The overnight guests listed by the center, which studies money and politics, included some longtime friends of Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. But the center said a number of others appeared to have been invited, not out of personal friendship with the Clintons, but because of their political and financial connections. The study found that guests stayed in the historic Lincoln bedroom or Queen’s bedroom. The White House, the Clinton reelection campaign and the Democratic Party dismissed the findings.