She felt her civil service job was in danger, and was trying to protect herself, and that's all I know for sure.
That's what she says, but it doesn't make much sense. The best way to "protect yourself" in situations like these is to keep your head down and your mouth shut. As noted previously, she should either have told Lewinsky she didn't want to hear about her affair, or, if she insisted on listening, should later have said she had no direct knowledge of the president's sexual activities. Simple. There's gotta be more to it.
Sure, Starr can force Lewinsky to testify. But he can't force her actually to SAY anything. If I were her lawyer I think I'd tell her to stonewall, even if it makes her look silly. She should just use that old Watergate chestnut: I have no independent recollection... Of ANYTHING. Of whether she believes she had an affair with Clinton, of whether she told Tripp anything, of whether, if she did tell Tripp anything, it was the truth... Amnesia would work. |
