Starr Speaks Out abcnews.com
Not being much into TV, Michael, I had to wait for something to show up on the Web. From the bits here, it doesn't exactly look to me like Sawyer " trying her best to paint Ken Starr as a religios fanatic." She asked some questions, but you could just as well say she was giving him an opportunity to rebut the charge. This was
On Linda Tripp's Contact With Paula Jones' Attorney:
MS. SAWYER: Linda Tripp—Linda Tripp leaving your office and going home and talking to Paula Jones' attorneys that night, I mean, at the very least, is this control of your witness?
MR. STARR: I think we could have had better control of her.
MS. SAWYER: Should have?
MR. STARR: Yeah. In fact, I think in retrospect, it would have been a better thing to have said —
MS. SAWYER: You really had no idea that she was going —
MR. STARR: My people did not. My people have assured me, and I credit this, that they had no indication whatsoever of any involvement. And let me look ahead because when it became known that then the Jones lawyers were very actively interested in this, we took steps to protect and preserve the integrity of our investigation.
Given that you've gone on at length on Filegate, and how Clinton's obviously guilty there despite the lack of evidence, what do you make of this denial, Michael? Do you thing Starr has "plausible deniability" here? If Tripp hadn't gone to Jones' lawyers, he wouldn't have much of a case, would he?
Cheers, Dan. |
