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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (6172)	2/12/1998 12:32:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 20981

WSJ reports that the WH is getting witnesses to coordinate testimony, excerpt: Clinton Lawyers Forge Alliances With Key Prosecution Witnesses By GLENN R. SIMPSON Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the president are using a "joint defense agreement" to communicate with lawyers for several key witnesses that prosecutors believe have potentially damaging information about Mr. Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. The agreement -- a confidentiality privilege that is often used in white-collar criminal cases -- lets lawyers for the president talk to lawyers for other witnesses without fearing that details of the talks will be disclosed to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Defense lawyers and legal experts say the talks among attorneys mean that these witnesses -- including the president's personal secretary Betty Currie, steward Bayani Nelvis and aides John Podesta and Ashley Raines -- have legally allied themselves with Mr. Clinton against Mr. Starr. That makes Mr. Starr's task significantly more difficult. The White House has acknowledged that private lawyers for the president and lawyers in the White House counsel's office have debriefed lawyers for several grand-jury witnesses after they testified. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart declined to answer questions about use of the joint defense privilege. The agreement lets Mr. Clinton's defense team gather information about the progress of Mr. Starr's investigation and build a united front against prosecutors, who are seeking testimony that corroborates allegations Mr. Clinton had an affair with Ms. Lewinsky, a former White House intern, and then asked her to lie about it under oath. The agreement reflects the strong ties between the president's lawyers and Ms. Currie's attorney, Lawrence Wechsler. Mr. Wechsler was one of several lawyers whom presidential attorney Robert Bennett proposed to White House Counsel Charles Ruff as candidates to represent Ms. Currie and other aides who have received subpoenas from Mr. Starr. Two people involved in the matter said the White House counsel's office helped arrange representation for Ms. Currie. Mr. Wechsler, a longtime friend of Mr. Bennett who has worked with him on other cases, was traveling and didn't return phone calls....... interactive.wsj.com