TRIPP TEAM: DID HILLARY GET HEADS UP ON INDICTMENTS?
Did First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton get an early "heads-up" on pending indictments against Linda Tripp from a good friend and confidante, Maryland's Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend?
Did Kennedy Townsend play any role in the double-count indictment filed against Tripp on Friday -- an indictment that could land Tripp in jail for up to 10 years for secretly taping Monica Lewinsky?
"One of the first questions we'll have is, 'Was Mrs. Townsend in anyway involved in this?'" one Tripp legal source told the DRUDGE REPORT late on Friday. "And did she, at any time, give the White House a heads-up on the status of the case against Linda?"
The legal source, who asked not to be identified, noted that Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend traveled with the Clintons aboard Air Force One last week to attend her cousin's funeral. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton sat next to Kennedy Townsend during the service.
"First we are going to establish, through the discovery process, whether these charges have been brought for pure political reasons," the source explained. "And the first lady has always said publicly how close she is to the lieutenant governor... [these] questions really need to be explored.
"Is this just some twisted revenge on Linda by a spouse with high political connections in the state?"
The Tripp camp may have an uphill battle proving any Kennedy Townsend/White House connection.
During a press conference on Friday, Howard County State's Attorney Marna McLendon strongly denied any political motive either on her part or that of state prosecutor Stephen Montanarelli, who investigated the case and will prosecute it. McLendon is a Republican and Montanarelli a Democrat.
But Tripp lawyers are determined to fight.
"What occurred here today," said Tripp attorney Stephen Kohn, "was that a person who was one of the most important federal witnesses in American history, one of the most important whistleblowers in American history, is facing 10 years in prison, $20,000 in fines, to be branded as a felon and, yes, to be destroyed."
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Follow up on Byrd, I guess Clinton used her FBI files on him, and said Byrd if you vote for impeachment I will tell the world you were in the KKK. Guess the ol' boy just didn't have the heart for personal sacrifice for the good of the country. IMO of course. |
