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Kendall has proved a striking antagonist to Starr. He is a Quaker to Starr's more evangelical brand of Christian; a liberal to Starr's Federalist Society conservative; a man who does his pro bono work for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, while Starr moonlighted as counsel for a conservative Wisconsin foundation's fight for school choice. Their interplay became all the more intriguing last week when the heretofore academic question of whether the President can be subpoenaed became a very, very real one. Although the move put both sides into uncharted legal territory, it seems fairly certain...
...likely to have such a profound impact on how history will view the second half of the Clinton presidency. In purely legal terms, the strategy was inarguably a sound one, the surest way to ensure Clinton's survival against what his defenders view as a perjury trap on Starr's part. But for the sake of his presidency, many in and out of the White House still believe Clinton should have drawn upon his skills as the most powerful communicator of his generation to put forward an explanation, take his chances with the consequences and try to get the scandal...
...when he moved to the city's most storied criminal-law firm, Williams & Connolly, founded by the quintessential insider, Edward Bennett Williams. The firm and its connections into virtually every corner of Washington's criminal bar account for much of the leverage Kendall holds; many of the figures in Starr's case hired lawyers recommended by Kendall, Barnett and others at their firm, and Kendall has long-standing ties to Lewinsky's lawyers as well. As one witness after another parades before the grand jury, it is perfectly legal for everyone in this network to share what has been said...
From what he has learned so far, it must give Kendall pause to realize that if Clinton testifies willingly or under court order, the President may not have much room to maneuver. Starr will want to explore every detail, pressing Clinton far harder than Paula Jones' attorneys did last January about the details of his alleged relationship with Lewinsky. If they didn't have sex, as Clinton insisted last January, what did they do exactly? And Clinton has never been asked in detail about the steps taken by Vernon Jordan and secretary Betty Currie to find a job for Lewinsky...
Kendall will almost certainly try in his negotiations with Starr to circumscribe the questions: he might insist, for example, on an arrangement under which Clinton would be required to answer questions about only the period in which Lewinsky worked at the White House, thereby avoiding any discussion of the period in which a cover-up might have occurred. But it is difficult to imagine how Starr, who has subpoenaed Lewinsky's bookstore receipts, would accept such limits. And it is hard to imagine that Kendall would agree to allow Clinton to testify without them...