Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This sent Ginsburg round the bend. From the start he felt that Starr had been squeezing Lewinsky without mercy, threatening her family with subpoenas, intimidating, misleading, baiting and switching. Under the terms of the deal Ginsburg thought had been reached, Starr could spend all the time he liked with Lewinsky and even give her a lie-detector test if he chose. Any implication that she was avoiding interrogation, Ginsburg charged, was nonsense...
...given the thick conflicts of interest in the case, a special prosecutor might have to be appointed to probe an independent counsel. As a lawyer on the case put it, "This isn't exactly charted territory." Ginsburg, meanwhile, announced plans to take Starr to court to enforce the immunity deal...
...next couple of days, we drafted agreements and wrote up an additional proffer at their request. They told us the issues, and Monica wrote the facts on each--if she had anything relevant. They went 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...
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...
...amount of silver available and the demand for it to make things like jewelry, photographic supplies, electronic components, mirrors and batteries. So he began buying because "equilibrium between supply and demand was only likely to be established by a somewhat higher price." Translation: It looked like a good deal...