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WASHINGTON: We have contact. Monica Lewinsky's new lawyers, it emerged late Wednesday, have already made overtures to Ken Starr's office -- and an immunity deal for the former intern may not be far behind. Plato Cacheris and Jacob Stein paid the prosecutor a courtesy call hours before the news broke that Lewinsky had hired them, ostensibly to make a clean break with the Ginsburg regime. Starr, it seems, was pleased with the tribute. Where immunity was concerned, his spokesman said, "the door is open...
...dance begins," a source close to the defense told Reuters. "Like any good criminal lawyers, [Cacheris and Stein] are going in with the premise, 'If we can work something out, let's do it. If not, we'll kick Starr's butt in court...
...Meanwhile, the man who never came close to kicking Starr's butt -- William Ginsburg -- spent Wednesday insisting to reporters that his rapid departure was "by mutual agreement." However, the once and future medical malpractice attorney admitted he did not know in advance that Lewinsky's family had selected new lawyers. Unlike Starr, Ginsburg did not warrant a courtesy call...
WASHINGTON: This was the one Ken Starr really needed. When the Supreme Court took a pass Thursday on the two legal disputes that Starr needed to have settled right away -- attorney-client privilege and the testimony of the Secret Service -- it essentially gave Clinton a six-month reprieve...
...those in the White House who prefer to delay things -- and that's most of them -- this is fantastic news," says TIME White House correspondent Karen Tumulty. "Starr wanted to present an airtight case to Congress this summer; now he'll have to wait for these decisions at least until fall. And Republicans won't touch the issue anywhere near the elections; whatever case Starr had would be immediately politicized and be robbed of its credibility...