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Kaczynski then asked to represent himself. In order to prove his competence, he set aside his loathing of psychiatrists and allowed the court to appoint one to examine him. Kaczynski got more than he bargained for. The sessions with Dr. Sally Johnson went on for 20 hours. She found that he was indeed competent to represent himself. But she also found that he was a delusional paranoid schizophrenic...
...rise to the level of the "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" the Constitution requires for impeachment. Other players in this drama may also be in legal trouble, including Clinton adviser Vernon Jordan, Lewinsky herself and even White House turncoat Linda Tripp. But obstruction-of-justice cases are notoriously hard to prove, and it isn't clear prosecutors would have the evidence they need. It is also uncertain whether the Constitution even permits criminal charges to be brought against a sitting President. Impeachment is a possibility, but it is a drastic step and would not be invoked lightly...
...against Clinton is that he perjured himself at his deposition in Paula Jones' civil suit when he reportedly denied having an affair with Lewinsky. But this turns out not to be a simple charge at all. "It's like Nixon used to say: Perjury is a tough rap to prove," says Duke law professor Sara Sun Beale. Much would depend on the precise words Clinton used in his deposition, and he has proved adept at phrasing answers with lawyerly attention to detail. The statement, "There is no sexual relationship," for example, could let him off the hook if there...
...sticks to her denial--and says any claims of an affair on Tripp's tapes were just talk--Starr might have a difficult time. Of course, any tapes of Clinton leaving a message on Lewinsky's answering machine, if they exist, might help Starr. He could also try to prove the affair through circumstantial evidence like White House visitor logs, gifts and--perhaps more scientifically--a dress that reportedly has a semen stain from Clinton, which could be subjected to DNA testing. But what might seem to be the strongest evidence, Tripp's tapes of Lewinsky, would very probably...
...consent. Clinton may have sexually harassed Lewinsky, though it seems unlikely. "It appears Clinton didn't force her into it and that the relationship wasn't unwelcome," says Mary Coombs, a University of Miami law professor. Finally, if any of the accounts of what occurred that have leaked out prove untrue, Lewinsky, and conceivably even Clinton, could turn the tables and sue for defamation...