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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grade feeling of being annoyed. But Clinton is still somebody the Democrats want campaigning for them." They'll be pleased, then, that the President promised to "raise issues, raise money and raise Cain" on behalf of the party this November. There's just one question: When Ken Starr's report explodes in Congress this fall, will it make Clinton damaged goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Friends of Bill, Indeed | 8/5/1998 | See Source »

...wall for it," she says. "Reno doesn't want a bunch of yahoos from Congress rifling through her files." Reno's reticence about appointing independent counsel has nothing to do with loyalty to Bill Clinton, as Burton alleges, but from the fiercest of antipathies for Ken Starr. "Justice is always biased against special prosecutors," says Shannon, "and Ken Starr is Exhibit A. To Reno, he's abused his power, and the last thing she wants to do is unleash another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Putting the Lean on Reno | 8/5/1998 | See Source »

Forget about 'All My Children' -- the real soap opera could out in front of Ken Starr's grand jury tomorrow if Monica Lewinsky finally testifies. A Monica star turn would be good news for President Clinton since it would let him know at least some of her story more than a week before he gives his side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tomorrow's News: Thursday, August 6 | 8/4/1998 | See Source »

WASHINGTON: The White House has finally run out of privileges, and all the President's lawyers (except personal counsel David Kendall) are open to subpoena by Ken Starr's grand jury. The White House is already simpering that it hopes the full court will take the matter up in the fall. But now that the President is testifying two weeks hence, why should the White House or Ken Starr -- or us, for that matter -- care what Clinton's confidants have to report anymore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House: Under-Privileged | 8/4/1998 | See Source »

...TIME Washington correspondent Michael Weisskopf says that it's a simple matter of thorough cross-examination. "If Starr can get their testimony before August 17, maybe he'll be able to use their testimony to test the veracity of Clinton's responses to similar questions," he says. "Of course, that assumes that the lawyers have different stories to tell than their boss. Perfect consistency -- either in truth or in lies -- should trump Starr. Of course, that kind of agreement is what got Clinton in trouble in the first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White House: Under-Privileged | 8/4/1998 | See Source »

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