Word: starr
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WASHINGTON: What's in a deal? This much we know: Monica Lewinsky has transactional, or full, immunity from prosecution. That sweeping agreement suggests that the former White House intern may be offering Ken Starr a great deal of useful information. Her mother, Marcia Lewis, has the same protection. Such maneuvering of his main pieces means the independent counsel is reaching the endgame of his investigation. "Starr is moving quickly to bring his star witnesses on stage, Monica and the President," says TIME Washington bureau chief Michael Duffy...
...said press spokesman Mike McCurry. He'll be less pleased with the timing: Just when Clinton's lawyers were hammering out the details of how and when their boss would appear before the grand jury, along comes Monica. "That's good scare tactics," says TIME Washington correspondent Jef McAllister. "Starr will want to put Monica on the stand first, to have as many specifics as possible to catch the President." The one specific that counts, of course, is whether she was told to lie. Unless Monica has any dirt to dish on that score, Clinton can rest easy...
WASHINGTON: For the first time since she exploded onto the political stage in January, Monica Lewinsky met face-to-face with Ken Starr's prosecutors Monday. Although no details leaked out, the timing was important -- just when the President's lawyers were hammering out the details of how and when their boss would appear before the grand jury, along comes Monica. "That's good scare tactics," says TIME Washington correspondent Jef McAllister. "Starr will want to put Monica on the stand first, to have as many specifics as possible to catch the President...
...need to hurry. In theory, Clinton could be sitting in front of a grand jury at the federal courthouse Tuesday morning with no attorney and only a Secret Service retinue for company. But in practice, the President's lawyer and stonewalling supremo, David Kendall, looks set to keep Starr's subpoena at bay a little while longer. As one Kendall friend told TIME: "He knows how to fight trench warfare, and he's good...
WASHINGTON: Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey's inexorable march back toward Ken Starr's witness stand took another big step today -- and this time he's going to have to say something. Though an appeal to the Supreme Court is still an option (and a likely one), the appeals court's decision Monday that attorney-client privilege does not apply to government lawyers such as Lindsey is yet another victory for Ken Starr. And like the decision that got the Secret Service singing for Starr last week, this one -- or the expectation of it, anyway -- has already had a chilling effect...