Word: starr
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LARRY FLYNT Wants to spend big money to publish pols' dirty secrets. Say, isn't that Ken Starr...
Depending on the circumstances, a consultant might suggest that the Congressman try to undermine the credentials of the snitch ("The man can't tell a sheep from a goat!") or simply stonewall on the theory that even in the Kenneth Starr era, there is enough prosecutorial discretion left to make the subpoenaing of a sheep highly unlikely...
Democrats and the White House want to haul Kenneth Starr in for some grilling about his ties to conservative organizations and to lawyers who worked for Paula Jones--what committee member Barney Frank calls "the whole three-cornered relationship." Republicans, for their part, want Bruce Lindsey, the elusive keeper of the President's secrets, to appear. But there's no consensus on whether Clinton the witness would benefit one side or the other. And that issue is probably moot since the chance is slim he'll raise his hand and swear an oath before a committee of mostly junior Congressmen...
Whether the President is impeached may depend on the tone of the hearings rather than the body of evidence. The Democrats want them to be about sex and Starr. The Republicans want them to be about abusing the law and the power of the presidency, which is why chief G.O.P. counsel David Schippers last week recalibrated Starr's rap sheet against Clinton so that the focus is on charges like obstruction of justice, witness tampering and, grandest of all, conspiracy. Between now and Nov. 3, with lawmakers out campaigning, the committee's staff members will function as quietly as possible...
After 70,000 pages, it's hard to imagine that the office of the independent counsel has anything tantalizing left to deliver. But two weeks after his team dumped 18 boxes of evidence on the doorstep of Congress, Kenneth Starr quietly sent something else--a 44-word letter that has impeachment handicappers all over Capitol Hill buzzing. It is a plea to handle in confidence the investigative materials related to the President's alleged groping in the Oval Office of a volunteer and former Virginia campaign worker, Kathleen Willey. The letter was the first official indication from the independent counsel...