Bruce Lindsey | |
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_(1).jpg) Lindsey in 2016 | |
| Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office | |
| In office January 1993 – April 1995 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Constance Horner |
| Succeeded by | Bob Nash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 or 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouses |
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| Children | 1 daughter |
| Education | Rhodes College Georgetown University |
| Occupation | Lawyer, non-profit executive |
Bruce R. Lindsey (born 1948) is an American lawyer and non-profit executive. He served in theWhite House during thePresidency of Bill Clinton. He was named in a lawsuit during theWhitewater controversy, and he testified before a grand jury regarding thesexual misconduct allegations surrounding Bill Clinton in the run-up to his impeachment. He was a partner of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, aLittle Rock, Arkansas-based law firm, and served as chairman of theClinton Foundation.
Lindsey received abachelor's degree fromRhodes College (formerly Southwestern at Memphis) and aJD fromGeorgetown University Law Center.[1][2] He was admitted to theArkansas Bar in 1975 and the D.C. Bar in 1999.[2]
Lindsey worked for SenatorJ. William Fulbright in 1968.[3][4][5] It was then that he first metBill Clinton.[3][4][5] From 1979 to 1981, he served as Legislative Director to former United States SenatorDavid Pryor.[2] Lindsey subsequently became a partner at Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a law firm inLittle Rock, Arkansas, where he is currently of counsel.[1]
During Bill Clinton's1992 Presidential campaign, Lindsey served as the National Campaign Director.[1] During the eight years of the Clinton Administration, he served as anAssistant to the President, Senior Advisor, andDeputy White House Counsel.[1][2][6] In 1993, Lindsey was also Director of theOffice of Presidential Personnel where he supervised the selection and approval of political appointees in the Cabinet departments and to presidential boards and commissions.[1][2]
In 1996, in the midst of theWhitewater controversy, Lindsey was named as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in a lawsuit involving Herby Branscum Jr. and Robert M. Hill, the co-owners of the Arkansas-based Perry County Bank, which financed Clinton'sfifth gubernatorial campaign in 1990.[5][7] When the bankers were cleared, his case fell into abeyance.[7] By 1998, in the midst of theBill Clinton sexual misconduct allegations, which led to hisimpeachment, Lindsey was subpoenaed byKen Starr and testified before the grand jury on the suspicion that he silenced Clinton's alleged victims.[6][8][9][10]
Lindsey joined the Foundation in 2001 as general counsel and served as CEO from 2003 to 2013 splitting his time between the Foundation's New York and Little Rock offices.[1] He currently serves as a member of its Board of Directors.
Lindsey was formerly married to Beverly H. Lindsey.[11] They have two daughters, Katherine Gates Lindsey[12] and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. Since 2006, he has been married to Hallie W. Lindsey.[12][13][14]
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