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

To: DMaA who wrote (15065)	5/7/1998 11:46:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Starr Counters Accusations of Clinton Lawyers 6.53 p.m. ET (2253 GMT) May 7, 1998 By Larry Margasak, Associated Press WASHINGTON - Launching an unusually blunt public counteroffensive, Whitewater prosecutors accused President Clinton's private attorneys Thursday of filing reckless accusations in court and threatened to request punishment by the chief U.S. district judge. Jackie M. Bennett Jr., second-in-command to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, reacted harshly in response to accusations from the Clinton lawyers that prosecutors leaked a ruling rejecting executive privilege invoked by the president. The Clinton lawyers had filed a court motion asking prosecutors to show why they should not be held in contempt for revealing a secret ruling. "Although we owe you no courtesy after yesterday's abusive filing, we demand that you withdraw your motion by noon on Friday, May 8, 1998," Bennett wrote four private lawyers representing Clinton on executive privilege matters, and two presidential aides. "Otherwise we will seek appropriate relief from the court, including sanctions against each of the persons under whose names the motion was submitted." The White House has gone to court before, accusing Starr's office of leaking sealed grand jury material to the news media. That matter also was kept secret by Chief U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson. In ratcheting up the feud, Bennett separately wrote private Clinton lawyer David Kendall that the court motion was filed even though "you now have perfect knowledge of the source of the reports." In a separate letter to the four attorneys, who joined the Kendall motion, Bennett wrote that "the allegations are reckless, irresponsible and false" - adding that Kendall knew "these reports (on the executive privilege ruling) emanated from the White House." .... foxnews.com