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...Willey has a pile of credibility issues. For one, plenty of evidence contradicts her 60 Minutes description of Clinton's allegedly upsetting grope. Linda Tripp, of all people, told Starr's FBI agents last June that Willey was flirting with the President for months before the supposed incident. Tripp claimed that Willey, a White House volunteer, would call Tripp at home at night to find out Clinton's schedule so she could position herself nearby. Willey tried to work evening events at the White House and wore a particular cleavage-highlighting black dress...
After Clinton allegedly made his move, Willey described Clinton as a great kisser and speculated about becoming his girlfriend, according to Tripp's FBI interview. The same night she called another friend, Harolyn Cardozo, who told Starr's grand jury that Willey said she was going to be the Judith Exner of the Clinton White House, a reference to John Kennedy's mistress...
...story in 1997 that a distressed Willey had come to her house on the night of the alleged White House incident to tell her about it. But she called the reporter before the story was published to say she had lied to him at Willey's request. Prosecutors in Starr's office asked Steele to support Willey's story in any way she could. She didn't have to say that the alleged approach was unwanted, or even when it happened, just that Willey told her something about a sexual encounter with the President. "I couldn't do that," Steele...
When the trial opens May 3, the cast of possible witnesses will recall the Year of Monica: Willey is likely to be Starr's star witness; Tripp may be called to undercut Willey; and Steele's lawyer Nancy Luque wants to compel an appearance by Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff. In the meantime, the former $60,000-a-year communications consultant is hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and fears losing her house in a few months. Starr, for his part, went on Larry King's show last week and complained that the worst thing about his job is that...
...KENNETH STARR Opposes independent counsel law, although it made his name. After $40 million, now you tell...