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Sidney Blumenthal, assistant to President Clinton, blasted independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr while highlighting the accomplishments of the Clinton administration before a crowd of above 100 at the ARCO Forum last night...
...address entitled "The Clinton Presidency and America's Future" Blumenthal called Starr's actions "profoundly political." The speech was sponsored jointly by the College Democrats and the Shorenstein Center for Press and Politics...
Talking about his appearance before Starr's federal grand jury, Blumenthal said "if they think they have intimidated me, they have failed...
...Starr, investigate thyself. That was the tricky spot the independent counsel found himself in last week after Deputy Attorney General ERIC HOLDER told Starr to probe charges that one of his main Whitewater witnesses took money originating with billionaire Clinton hater RICHARD SCAIFE. Happy to point out the awkwardness of this situation was presidential lawyer DAVID KENDALL. In a five-page letter, obtained by TIME, Kendall explained why Starr is the wrong man to investigate DAVID HALE, who has accused the President of wrongdoing. Not only has Starr relied heavily on Hale's testimony, Kendall notes...
...When the Hale story broke last week, Democrats quickly demanded a Justice Department investigation into the connection. But instead of rattling its sword, says Shannon, Justice did the clever thing: It passed the potato back to Starr. "Reno tested Starr by saying, 'Take care of this yourself. We'll see how much integrity you have now.' She put Starr in an embarrassing position, and he had to quit." Reno gets to look impartial; Starr gets taken down a notch. And if he wants to move to Malibu, now he'll have...