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Juanita Broaddrick Dismisses Clinton Book
Reacting to news that ex-president Clinton has snagged a
$10 million book deal where he promises to deal with the
impeachment evidence against him, Arkansas businesswoman
Juanita Broaddrick says she doubts he'll address her
allegation that he raped her in a Little Rock hotel room
23 years ago.
In an exclusive message to her supporters on the
conservative newsforum FreeRepublic.com, Broaddrick said,
"I have no reason to believe Bill Clinton will ever answer
questions regarding his 1978 sexual assault on me. He
would be foolish to refer to a self-incriminating subject
for which he has already been given a pardon in the form
of silence."
Clinton has reportedly told his publisher Knopf that he
will address allegations central to his impeachment, such
as claims by Sexgate accusers Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey
and Monica Lewinsky, in more than a cursory fashion.
But as several books on Clinton's impeachment make clear,
it was Broaddrick's sworn statements, along with
corroborating eyewitness testimony given to House
investigators, that persuaded up to 50 wavering moderate
Republicans to vote for his indictment.
In his book "The Breach," for instance, Washington Post
reporter Peter Baker recounted the last minute reluctance
to back impeachment of then-presumptive GOP Speaker of the
House Bob Livingston.
Livingston momentarily wavered, sources told Baker, but
resolved to press the case only when his chief of staff
reminded him, "We have a rapist in the White House."
When NBC finally broadcast an exclusive interview with
Broaddrick, which the network held till after Clinton was
acquitted in a Senate trial, three quarters of those
watching found her credible.
Still, despite a credible accusation of forcible rape
leveled against a sitting president, most journalists
ignored Broaddrick's bombshell. Clinton was asked just
once about the alleged rape at a March 1999 press
conference. He referred the question to his lawyer, David
Kendall.
Neither Clinton nor his wife Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
a supposed feminist who established Arkansas' first rape
crisis hotline, has ever personally denied Broaddrick's
charges.
newsmax.com
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