Amazing how even with your "razor-sharp engineer's brain" you can forget that there was a Starr grand jury because there was a Paula Jones trial.
You're dead wrong, DMA: my brain is still razor-sharp. I know Starr asked for the grand jury's instatement precisely because he knew he could use the Paula Jones trial to trap Clinton in his (Starr's) web of deceit.
Actually, the Starr grand jury exists because the Republicans are out to get Bill Clinton regardless of the triviality of his alleged offenses. The independent counsel law, which has gotten way out of hand since it was instated in the Nixon/Watergate era, is another reason the Starr grand jury exists. The Paula Jones trial was only a vehicle for Starr, the out of control rogue prosecutor.
One side in the case lied, tampered with witnesses, and generally treated the court with contempt.
Razor-sharp insights: 1. Clinton only allegedly lied and tampered with witnesses; and 2. there is no "court" to treat with contempt; and 3. Clinton's defense team used only legal tactics in defense of the President.
So there was no contempt and no court, hence no contempt of court. Another way to look at it is that since Starr's inquisition is not justice, there could be no obstruction of justice.
This is not silly, and it's not petty. It is criminal.
That's your opinion. At least 44 U.S. Senators disagree, as well as a majority of Americans polled.
-Joel Irby, whose razor-sharp brain powers are still intact in Austin, Texas, home of liberals and live music, yadda yadda yadda... |
