Troopergate (Bill Clinton) Troopergate (Bill Clinton) Troopergate is the popular name for a political controversy that emerged in the 1990s in which several Arkansas State Troopers claimed they had arranged sexual liaisons for Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton during his time in office (1979–81, 1983–92) and had helped deceive his wife, First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton. The allegations by state troopers Larry Patterson and Roger Perry were first reported by David Brock in the conservative magazine "American Spectator", in a piece entitled "His Cheatin' Heart" that was released in December 1993 with a magazine publication date of January 1994. Brock had
Saturday Night Live parodies of Hillary Clinton appearance as Clinton, rapping: "What's up y'all? I'm like Hillary Clint , and I wanna be president one day." Jan Hooks was the first to portray Hillary Clinton, and after Hooks left the show in 1991, she returned later to make several subsequent guest appearances as Hillary, with Phil Hartman as Hillary's husband Bill Clinton. One of the earliest Jan Hooks sketches, which aired in May 1993, features her interpretation of Hillary eager to be a "co-president" with Bill, now the newly elected President. Hooks' Hillary tells her husband about her big plans for his health care bill, and gets