Word: jay
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...into what events inside the White House propelled the angry calls to the Treasury officials. Did President Clinton ask that his aide make the calls, or was Stephanopoulos acting purely on his own initiative? Asked by TIME on Saturday whether Clinton had requested him to initiate the discussions about Jay Stephens, the lawyer in question, Stephanopoulos replied with a quick and emphatic...
Stephanopoulos tells TIME he remembers only one conversation about Stephens, with Joshua Steiner, a friend and political colleague who is now Treasury Department chief of staff. In that talk, says Stephanopoulos, he merely "asked how Jay Stephens had come to be retained by the RTC. I was puzzled and blew off steam over the unfairness of that decision because Jay Stephens had accused the President of acting improperly" on another occasion...
Altman's own version, as reported by sources close to Fiske, is that either Stephanopoulos or Ickes asked, "What about Jay Stephens? Can anything be done about it, or are we stuck with this?" Altman reportedly cut off the conversation "quite quickly," telling his callers he "absolutely would not" be a party to sacking Stephens. According to this version, Altman then reported the substance of the conversation to Steiner, adding, "These guys are nuts...
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