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SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL EXPOSED
nypostonline.com
Poor Sidney Blumenthal. Having put his trust in the sanctity of the
grand-jury system, the White House's premier sleazemeister now stands
exposed before the entire nation as an unmitigated liar.
Remember Blumenthal's appearance before Independent Counsel
Kenneth Starr's grand jury last summer? Following his testimony,
Blumenthal denounced prosecutors for having the nerve to grill him
about his contacts with reporters.
Blumenthal also phoned New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis and
told him he'd been asked a series of intrusive questions about Bill
Clinton's religion and his sex life. That led Lewis to denounce the
dangerous ... degradation of the legal process,
One problem: Neither allegation turns out to be true.
We know this thanks to the final batch of grand-jury transcripts released
by the House last weekend.
Publicly, Blumenthal declared that he'd been forced to answer questions
about my conversations, as part of my job, with a laundry list of
news-media organizations, adding that Starr's prosecutors demanded to
know what I had told reporters and what reporters had told me ...
Liar. In fact, Blumenthal was asked whether he knew anything about
any talk-ing points related to the Lewinsky matter. After acknowledging
that he'd received such a document from the Democratic National
Committee, he was asked if he'd ever given it to anyone outside the
White House.
If reporters called me or I spoke with reporters I would tell them to call
the DNC to get those talking points, responded Blumenthal - who then
voluntarily rattled off that laundry list of news organizations he claimed
Starr's people had demanded from him.
Members of the grand jury had watched Blumenthal's turn in front of the
TV cameras - and they were outraged by his deception. We had some
serious concerns, the forewoman told Blumenthal. The work we are
doing here is very serious, and the integrity to our work as
representatives of the people of the United States of America is very
important to us. We are very concerned about the fact that, during your
last visit, that an inaccurate representation of the events that happened
were retold on the steps of the courthouse.
Said Sid Vicious: I appreciate your statement.
No wonder the Clintons love Blumenthal. Who else but a liar can so
appreciate another liar? |
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