Whitewater controversy Independent Counsel, Robert Ray, released a report in September 2000, that stated "This office determined that the evidence was insufficient to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt that either President or Mrs. Clinton knowingly participated in any criminal conduct." Nevertheless, Ray criticized the White House saying that delays in the production of evidence and "unmeritorious litigation" by the president's lawyers severely impeded the investigation's progress, leading to a total cost of nearly $60 million. Ray's report effectively closed the Whitewater investigation. Bill and Hillary Clinton never visited the actual Whitewater property. In May 1985, Jim McDougal sold the
Whitewater Fire began collecting water from Detroit Lake and select trailheads were closed in Willamette National Forest and Deschutes National Forest. By mid-August, the Little Devil Fire started about two miles northwest of the Whitewater Fire. At the start of September, the Whitewater Fire had grown to . Air quality still remained poor in Detroit and declined in Breitenbush. The final Willamette National Forest update on the Whitewater Fire was on September 26, 2017. The fire had burned and was 64% contained. Forest Service Road 45 reopened to traffic with all other trail and road closures remaining in place. Fire crews continue