DON FOWLER

Don Fowler, a Democratic activist, political operative and PR executive, found himself embroiled in the largest fundraising scandal in history in 1996. At the time, he chaired the Democratic National Committee.
Fowler denied allegations he broke the law. But whether or not his actions violated the letter of the law, it appears clear that fundraising abuses occured on his watch... and there were inconsentensies in his accounts of how DNC fundraising was conducted during the Clinton White House.
For instance, some said Fowler used government connections to get Lebanese businessman Roger Tamraz, who had donated nearly $200,000 to Clinton and the Democrats, meetings with President Clinton.
“Fowler may even have called the CIA to help Tamraz,” CNN reporter Brooks Jackson reported on Sept. 9, 1997 in her coverage of the Senate subcommittee hearings on the allged campaign finance abuses. “Last March, Fowler denied it, issuing a statement saying, ‘I am clear and certain. I did not...call or contact the CIA.’ But, under oath, Fowler backed off a bit, testifying, quote, "I have no memory of ever having talked to anybody at the CIA... memory is fallible."
Fowler also changed his story regarding the role of the White House in the alleged fundraising abuses. Fowler initially defended the White House, but later placed the blame at the feet of deputy White House chief of staff Harold Ickes, saying Ickes “was involved in the management of the DNC in a fashion that I didn't appreciate that I didn't agree with.”