Six senior White House officials are to appear in court this week as headaches from the Clintons' involvement in an Arkansas land deal mount.
The six were subpoenaed Friday by special counsel Robert Fiske, who is investigating the financial dealings involving the Clintons, a land investment known as Whitewater and a failed Arkansas S&L.
Among the six: White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum, who resigned Saturday.
Sunday, meanwhile, White House officials started damage control, admitting that mistakes in the handling of Whitewater have been made, but citing Republican attacks.
"The Republicans can't run on the economy. They can't run on health care. . . . So they're going to try to exploit this," George Stephanopoulos, President Clinton's senior adviser, said on ABC's This Week With David Brinkley.
But Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, told Brinkley that "if the president wants to serve this term out, he's going to have to begin by leveling with the American people." Latest:
-- The six White House aides, as well as four current and former Treasury Department officials, are to appear in court on Thursday.
The six aides: Nussbaum; senior adviser Bruce Lindsey; deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes; communications director Mark Gearan; and Maggie Williams and Lisa Caputo, Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief of staff and spokeswoman.
-- Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., said Sunday he would "take a look" at hearings by the Ways and Means Committee if the Treasury Department asks.
-- The Associated Press reported the Clintons deducted from personal income taxes more than $ 1,400 in Whitewater-related property taxes; two business associates say the couple was reimbursed.
