After his release from prison, Hubbell began to receive numerous, lucrative consulting offers from various Friends of Bill. Before his prison sentence, Hubbell had worked for President Clinton in the Department of Justice. White House Coffees Clinton began selling access to people who wanted to talk with him. In exchange for campaign contributions, people could raise issues at White House coffees, sleep in the Lincoln bedroom, or obtain other access to the president. The final decision as to who would attend was made by Marvin Rosen, the Democratic National Committee Finance Chairman.
Fund raising on federal property is a felony offense.
Clinton's defense is that since people did not have to buy tickets for the coffees, and that they sometimes paid different amounts to attend, that this is not technically a felony. Travel Office Billy Dale was the former head of the Travel Office. Dale had started working in the White House in the Kennedy administration, and moved into the travel office under Johnson. He had served in the Travel Office for thirty years, working for Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush. A generous campaign contributor, and Clinton's third cousin, Catherine Cornelius, wanted his job, and her World Wide Travel company wanted the jobs of the six other members of the Travel Office.