He was named in a lawsuit during the Whitewater controversy, and he testified before a grand jury regarding the sexual misconduct allegations surrounding Bill Clinton in the run-up to his impeachment.

He was a partner of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, a Little Rock, Arkansas-based law firm, and served as chairman of the Clinton Foundation.

Lindsey received a bachelor's degree from Rhodes College (formerly Southwestern at Memphis) and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

[1] During the eight years of the Clinton Administration, he served as an Assistant to the President, Senior Advisor, and Deputy White House Counsel.

[1][2] In 1996, in the midst of the Whitewater 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's fifth gubernatorial campaign in 1990.