Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after day, it has been leak after leak. I didn't say a word about discussions with the Office of the Independent Counsel. No comment. No comment. I kept asking Nate, How do the reporters know this stuff? The Office of the Independent Counsel is leaking it, said Nate. Meanwhile, Starr's people kept talking to us, but instead of "queen for a day" privileges, they wanted "queen for a month." And they wanted a polygraph test. What do we get in exchange besides your goodwill? I asked. They said they'd decide that later...
...through three or four drafts of the immunity agreement. We agreed orally to a deal. Finally they sent us a letter confirming our oral agreement that the U.S. Government would promise not to prosecute Monica. This was Monday, Feb. 2. We had a deal. The Office of the Independent Counsel sent the letter on their letterhead by an FBI agent. Nate signed, I signed. I went to the Watergate and Monica signed. I sent it back. They wanted to know if they could talk to her right away, but Monica wanted to see her father. So they said they would...
Last Wednesday the Office of the Independent Counsel called me in Los Angeles saying they had changed their minds. They wanted to talk to Monica without us. They wanted to redo the deal. I was angry, to say the least. I can't remember how many times they granted her immunity and changed their minds--at least three times. But this time, it was one too many. So this week we plan to file a motion in court to enforce the agreement. This was a binding agreement that they sent us in writing...
...criticism of us as lawyers has been opportunistic and unrealistic. Nate is a respected criminal-law specialist, a former U.S. Attorney with a superb track record in prosecution and defense of criminal matters. He is conducting day-to-day negotiations with me and the independent counsel. Everybody asks me if I'm in over my head. Some people have asked why high-profile Washington lawyers weren't hired. But we needed just one good lawyer. And Nate was that man. We're both trial lawyers and ready for the task at hand...
...keep a secret, to bottle up that delicious piece of information that will astonish with its salaciousness or confound with its improbability. Monica Lewinsky blabbed on for hours to Linda Tripp. Tripp blabbed to Lucianne Goldberg. And so on, until the lawyers for Paula Jones and then the independent counsel got wind of this tale. Now we all know...