49r--Here is the "smoke"..Jordan, Lewinsky Met Four Times
7.14 a.m. ET (1215 GMT) February 19, 1998
WASHINGTON - Vernon Jordan was asked to help find a job for
Monica Lewinsky three days after lawyers for Paula Jones
disclosed they wanted to question her about whether she had an
affair with President Clinton, The Washington Post reported
Thursday.
Clinton's secretary Betty Currie called Jordan, a close friend of the
president, on Dec. 8, 1997, the newspaper said, quoting an
unnamed source familiar with the matter.
Her call led to four meetings and seven phone conversations
between Jordan and Lewinsky, a 24-year-old former White House
intern, over the next month, according to the report.
Jordan in January acknowledged that he helped Lewinsky find a job
and a lawyer, but the extent of his efforts to aid Lewinsky and the
timing of the effort in relation to the Jones case was not previously
known.
The Post said Jordan was scheduled to testify Thursday before a
federal grand jury investigating allegations that Clinton had an affair
with Lewinsky and then urged her to lie about it, but prosecutors
abruptly canceled his appearance late Wednesday.
Jordan's attorney William Hundley told the newspaper the office of
independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr offered no explanation for
the cancellation and said it would be "a considerable period of time''
before Jordan's appearance would be rescheduled.
Jordan inferred from Currie's call that the president wanted him to
help Lewinsky find a job, the Washington Post said. |
