McDougal Received No Aid Before Death

Whitewater witness James B. McDougal complained of feeling ill hours before he died in a prison cell, but he was never seen by a doctor, according to a federal government report. McDougal, a former business partner of President Clinton, also had no access to his heart medication after he was placed in a solitary confinement cell known as “The Hole” at the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram obtained the report under the Freedom of Information Act. Before his death in March, McDougal had been moved from his regular cell to isolation as punishment for failing to provide a urine sample for a drug test.