"But Banks had already concluded -- and the FBI in Little Rock had agreed -- that "no action should be taken on the referral at that time." Banks had prosecuted Jim McDougal in 1990 for alleged bank crimes and lost.
Banks said further that he believed "no prosecutable case existed against any of the witnesses," most notably the Clintons.
In a report to the Justice Department dated Oct. 16, 1992, Banks indicated that Barr's desire to expedite the Whitewater investigation smacked of improper political use of the federal judicial system.
"I know in investigations of this type," wrote Banks, "the first steps, such as issuance of ... subpoenas ... will lead to media and public inquiries of matters that are subject to absolute privacy. Even media questions about such an investigation all too often publicly purport to 'legitimize what can't be proven.'
"I must opine that after such a lapse of time, the insistence for urgency in this case appears to suggest an intentional or unintentional attempt to intervene into the political process of the upcoming presidential election. ...
“For me personally to participate in an investigation that I know will or could easily lead to the above scenario and to the possible denial of rights due to the targets, subjects, witnesses or defendants is inappropriate.
"I believe it amounts to prosecutorial misconduct and violates the most basic fundamental rule of Department of Justice policy. I cannot be a party to such actions and believe that such would be detrimental to the Department of Justice, FBI, this office and to the President of the United States," George Bush." - http://www.consortiumnews.com/1999/c022599b.html
The acorn didn't fall too far from the tree, eh?
