Word: counsels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lied." He said, "I misled people." Instead of asking forgiveness for betraying his wife and daughter, his staff, his Cabinet and his constituency, he fought back at the independent counsel, Kenneth W. Starr, devoting the second half of the speech to an angry attack, shifting the blame...
...from that legal standpoint, obstruction may be the weakest link in Starr's case. The independent counsel has accepted Monica's assertion that she, not Bruce Lindsey, wrote the "talking points." And the discrepancies between Betty Currie's testimony and Monica's -- which Starr seizes on as evidence of Presidential influence -- certainly cut the other way too. "Starr has relied on Lewinsky's version of events as accurate and has reported Currie's contradictory evidence dismissively," says TIME Washington correspondent Elaine Shannon. "But any good defense lawyer would assert that Currie's credibility is greater than that of Lewinsky...
...first time in a week -- if only because they believe Clinton should have a chance to defend himself. Review and commentary is "an appropriate and professional courtesy," according to Rep. Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat who says he fully expects the Lewinsky matter to lead to impeachment proceedings. Independent counsel history is on Kendall's side, too -- Iran-Contra prosecutors offered the White House right-of-reply. And the best part is that if Starr takes a hard line and denies his request, Kendall's boss gets to play the martyr. Who says politics isn't fair...
...usually toothless Federal Election Commission has provided Reno with precisely what she needed to pull the trigger this time: specific and credible evidence that a major player, such as Clinton or Gore, was directly involved in wrongdoing. "The betting inside Justice is that she'll seek an independent counsel after the 90 days are up," says Shannon. "And along with Gore and Clinton, Bob Dole could be involved...
...Reno watchers believe she will soon launch a formal 90-day inquiry into the Democrats' use of issue-advocacy ads to promote the ticket, and the betting inside Justice is that she will ultimately seek an independent counsel. If that happens, officials say, the mother of all IC probes could result, enveloping Clinton and Gore and even Republican standard- bearer Bob Dole, whose campaign also benefited from issue ads like the ones in question. "In the real world," says a senior administration hand, "it comes down to the whole ball of wax. No self-respecting independent counsel is going...