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By Ellen Gamerman | February 6, 1999
WASHINGTON -- She was a guarded witness who let it be known that her "mixed feelings" for the president had no business in a Senate impeachment trial. She was an indignant young woman who asked her questioner not to describe her encounters with President Clinton as "salacious." She was a flip observer who teased a room full of suits about how she wouldn't mind quitting early for the day and how she would never object to lunch.But for everything Monica Lewinsky was in her videotaped deposition to House prosecutors, what was most striking is what she was not. Instead of the giggly musings about world leaders and dress sizes that Linda Tripp recorded, Lewinsky yielded cautious observations almost lawyerly in tone.
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April 14, 1999
THE ISSUE of proportionality looms large in Judge Susan Webber Wright's citation of President Clinton for civil contempt of court. It was missing in the impeachment of the president.Mr. Clinton's testimony in Paula Jones' lawsuit about whether he had ever been alone with Monica Lewinsky was intentionally false and misleading, regardless of the definition of "sexual relations." The judge agreed that his aggravation with what he considered a politically inspired lawsuit may have been justified, but deception was not his proper recourse.
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By Karen Hosler | January 17, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Suggesting a crack in a united Republican front, Sen. James M. Jeffords of Vermont hinted yesterday that he might vote to dismiss impeachment charges against President Clinton."
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By Dan Berger | April 20, 1998
A good thing Bill Clinton gets only two terms. It means Ken Starr cannot have a third.Paula Jones is appealing, sort of.With Pol Pot gone, Saddam Hussein will have to suffice in the demon department.Mount Vernon will get central air conditioning so that tourists will no longer pass out in 100-degree rooms in August. Is nothing sacred?Pub Date: 4/20/98
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January 27, 1998
"I want to say one thing to the American people. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never. These allegations are false, and I need to go back to work for the American people."President Clinton"She very much sets an example for people here about getting about your work. She's out publicly and setting a very helpful tone."Ann Lewis, White House communications director on Hillary Clinton.
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By James M. Kramon | April 5, 1998
From its inception, Jones vs. Clinton was larger than anything alleged in it.The lawsuit's sole allegation was that then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton made an obscene sexual overture to Paula Jones in a Little Rock hotel room in 1991. There were no witnesses and no corroborating evidence. Yet this case managed to stay in the news for more than three years, and it affected the way we view the presidency, politics, the media, the courts and the legal profession.Last week, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright dismissed the lawsuit, and unless her decision is overturned on appeal, Jones will never have a chance to prove her allegation, and Clinton will never have a chance to disprove it. Meanwhile, only two people, Clinton and Jones, know what happened, and even a trial might not have uncovered the truth.
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By Jack W. Germond and Jules Witcover | September 30, 1998
WASHINGTON -- Just a few weeks after being forced out of the vice presidency in a criminal prosecution, Spiro T. Agnew evoked applause when he appeared at a restaurant or theater.Almost from the moment he left, Agnew complained that he had been railroaded out of office. In fact, as a price he paid to be allowed to plead nolo contendere to felony charges, Agnew had signed a 40-page statement admitting criminal behavior such as taking $100 bills in plain brown envelopes.But some people are always willing to accept revisionist versions of the facts.
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By Lyle Denniston | April 2, 1998
WASHINGTON -- Paula Corbin Jones' loss in a federal court yesterday is not likely to harm independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's continuing probe for possible criminal acts by President Clinton, his associates and aides.Whatever additional political woe the ruling may create for Starr, already suffering in public opinion polls, the decision may actually facilitate his ability to carry on the grand jury investigation, legal experts suggest.In fact, analysts said, the end of the Jones case -- and it does appear to be over since there is only a long-shot chance of a revival on appeal -- could make Starr's task easier as he continues an investigation begun over the Whitewater land deal.
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By GREGORY KANE | March 21, 1998
The Great American Demonization Game continues apace. It has replaced baseball as our national pastime. Everybody has his or her own bete noire. It seems that, in order to feel better about ourselves, we have to pick out people to demonize.And the demons come in all races, genders, ethnicities and political persuasions. President Clinton has been demonized, though admittedly he has probably done much to aid and abet his demonizers. Clinton has long proclaimed he is not the womanizer or sexual harasser several women - Paula Jones, Gennifer Flowers, Kathleen Willey, Monica Lewinsky - have claimed he is. The guess is that all these women can't be wrong.
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By David Shaw | August 6, 1998
DID MONICA Lewinsky agree to tell the grand jury that President Clinton encouraged her to lie about their relationship?Your answer depends on where you get your news. In essence, the New York Times said yes, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times said no, and virtually every other major news organization was somewhere in-between -- including the Wall Street Journal, which avoided characterizing her potential testimony altogether.Attributing their information to various sources familiar with the negotiations between Ms. Lewinsky and independent counsel Kenneth Starr, this is what various news organizations reported:Times versionThe New York Times: Under the headline, "Lewinsky, Given Immunity, Reportedly Agrees to Tell of Pact with Clinton to Lie," said she had "promised to testify that she and President Clinton had agreed to deny that they had a sexual relationship."