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

To: John Hensley who wrote (14773)	4/28/1998 9:41:00 AM
From: John Hensley	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

If you want more news: Starr Gets Lewinsky's Credit Record WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whitewater prosecutors have obtained the credit records of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and four other people in the investigation, an attorney for a credit reporting agency said Monday. Turned over under subpoena to a federal grand jury in the Lewinsky probe, the records are those of Ms. Lewinsky, her mother Marcia Lewis, former White House volunteer Kathleen Willey, Maryland developer Nathan Landow and a former friend of Willey, Julie Steele. Oscar Marquis, general counsel for Trans Union Corp., confirmed the credit reporting service's cooperation with the investigation. The Legal Times first reported the surrendering of the credit records. Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr has been investigating whether Clinton had a sexual relationship with Ms. Lewinsky and then urged her to lie about it. Clinton has denied the allegations. Starr also is investigating whether Landow tried to influence Mrs. Willey's testimony in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case against the president, something Landow denies. Mrs. Willey has accused Clinton of making an unwanted sexual advance inside the White House, which the president denies. Ms. Steele contends Mrs. Willey asked her to lie to a reporter about the alleged overture. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the Clinton administration's claim of privilege in the Whitewater investigation is on far weaker legal ground than President Nixon was when he was forced to surrender the tapes in the Watergate scandal. "Richard Nixon lost this argument in court and he didn't go anywhere near as far as President Clinton suggested," Gingrich told the Atlanta Rotary Club. "It violates every principle. It is dangerous, not just shameful." In Watergate, the Supreme Court rejected Nixon's argument that executive privilege protected tape-recordings of Oval Office conversations with his aides. Whitewater prosecutors want to question Secret Service officers protecting the president about Clinton's relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. But officials from the Treasury Department, which oversees the Secret Service, and the Justice Department argue that unless agents can be barred from testifying, future presidents will not allow them close enough to provide effective protection. Treasury and Justice officials say Starr can be prohibited from questioning the Secret Service officers without Clinton himself making a claim of privilege. On a separate matter, the White House refused to comment on whether Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to answer some questions asked of her in a five-hour videotaped deposition Saturday. A White House spokesman referred questions to the first lady's Whitewater lawyer, David Kendall, who did not return a phone call. I find the comment "the White House refused to comment on whether Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to answer some questions..." I think the first four times she testified, they acknowledged she answered all the questions. Maybe there's a new privilege on the way.