Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...currency was already devalued to the point that they needed a whole new category of discipline. By Saturday afternoon, censure was out and "sanctions" were in, which would include financial reparations for misuse of government resources during the past eight months and a demand that Clinton settle all legal issues with independent counsel Ken Starr, with an eye toward some admission of wrongdoing. Among those at the table or on the phone were White House officials, former Clinton aides Lloyd Cutler and Leon Panetta, top Democrats in Congress and their lawyers, including longtime Democratic counselor Bob Bauer. White House officials...
...videotape of Clinton's grand jury testimony gave Democrats their opening. Never mind that two-thirds of them had voted to release everything the week before. The minute the Judiciary committee recessed, Democratic members began challenging the fairness of the proceedings because it was their only lever in a legal matter where the facts were not on their side...
...they could do was to keep saying they were sorry, complained one Democratic member, and reiterate that they understood what House Democrats were feeling. It was contrition by proxy. For much of the week there was no strategy, no guidance and no evidence that the President would drop the legal argument that he didn't technically lie. "They don't know what they're doing," said a member bluntly...
Clinton needs two things in exchange. He gets to keep his job, and he gets immunity from prosecution. One person involved in the weekend maneuvers ruled out any deal that left the President "in legal, criminal jeopardy." Clinton will never confess as long as Starr keeps his two grand juries in session and refuses to rule out prosecuting Clinton once he leaves office...
...motivated" sex dragnet in his grand jury testimony. Although neither the White House nor pugnacious personal Clinton attorney Bob Bennett would discuss the details, the Times reports that Jones' lawyers have asked for $1 million and that Clinton's have countered with $500,000 -- roughly equal to Paula Jones' legal costs. Mercifully, Jones seems to have dropped her long-standing demand for a Rose Garden apology. Clinton, of course, has already performed more than his share of mea culpas lately...