The ruling eliminated the remainder of a two-year prison sentence she began serving in March for her conviction in the first Whitewater trial on charges of mail fraud, misapplication of funds and making false statements.

A defense lawyer in the second Whitewater trial raised the possibility today of calling Hillary Rodham Clinton as a witness and compelling her first public testimony in the matter.

On April 28, I gave four and a half hours of videotaped testimony in another Whitewater trial.

Mr. Tucker, a 53-year-old Democrat, announced his resignation yesterday after being convicted of one count of conspiracy and one count of mail fraud in the first Whitewater trial.

A14 A Whitewater trial opened in Little Rock, Ark.

Accusation on Clinton Funds A key prosecution witness at the second Whitewater trial said a top Clinton aide had insisted that large cash withdrawals by the 1990 Clinton campaign for Arkansas Governor be illegally concealed.

Clinton Linked to Job Offer A witness at the second Whitewater trial said that in 1990 Bill Clinton accepted money from a banker and then asked him if his partner would be suitable for a state job.

The prosecution's main witness in the second Whitewater trial testified today that Bruce R. Lindsey, a top Clinton aide, insisted that large cash withdrawals by the 1990 Clinton campaign for governor be illegally concealed.

Ms. McDougal recently began serving a two-year sentence for her conviction in the first Whitewater trial on charges of mail fraud, misapplication of funds and making false statements.