Scandal File: Joan of Arkansas

IF Dave Bossie is the favorite villain of Clinton defenders, Susan McDougal is their favorite martyr. She seemingly spends as much time on CNN’s Burden of Proof as she does in jail, spreading the word that she won’t cooperate with Kenneth Starr because he wants her to lie.

But Susan McDougal makes an unlikely victim; she’s a convicted felon who has stiffed not just Independent Counsel Starr, but also the citizen grand jurors investigating her role in numerous financial schemes.