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Politics : Mr. President please step down for the good of the country

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To: Mo Chips who wrote (97)	8/20/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (1) of 190

<<A question back, wasn't the questioning related to the Lewinski relationship thrown out of the Jones case? >> Currently a bit of a moot point, since (pending appeal) the entire Jones case was thrown out. However, I believe you're correct. As to the question of previous escapades - I think the judge agreed with you here also, but it's something I haven't been able to understand. In a rape case or other sex-related crime, both the victim's past and the defendant's past are open game for dissection. Why would harassment be different? Personally, I despise the current state of sexual harassment law - it is too vague and intrusive. As to the consensual nature of the Clinton-Lewinski relationship - assuming that it was relevant to the Jones case at all - Jones' lawyers wanted to show that Clinton had a history of sexual encounters with low level government employees. It wouldn't matter if they were consensual, only that Clinton had instigated them and that they happened regularly. That would make Jones' claim far more credible than if Clinton were seen as Mr. Faithful and Pure.

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