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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DD™ who wrote (1351)	8/16/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Richnorth	Respond to of 13994

The following was taken from the Internet Edition of the South China Morning Post at scmp.com. Registration is free at this site. Monday August 17 1998 Clinton to admit 'impropriety' SIMON BECK in New York US President Bill Clinton will today admit in historic grand jury testimony that he had "an inappropriate relationship" with Monica Lewinsky, sources say. Mr Clinton spent the weekend with lawyers and close advisers preparing for testimony tonight that could make or break his presidency. He will be the first sitting US president to give sworn testimony to a criminal grand jury probing his actions. Mr Clinton's advisers confirmed reports that he was expected to admit to limited sexual activity with former intern Ms Lewinsky in an effort to avoid a perjury trap. He has previously denied under oath that he had sexual relations with Ms Lewinsky, 25, but - after months of denial - the president had finally "crossed the Rubicon", one aide said. Sources said he intended to tell the grand jury only that he had an "inappropriate" or "improper" relationship, insisting that further details were private. But his lawyers expected he would be forced to tell the grand jury he had sex with Ms Lewinsky, the sources said. It is also likely that after what is expected to be at least five hours of questioning from prosecutor Kenneth Starr and his deputies, the president will make televised comments to the public, detailing some of what he said. Private lawyer David Kendall and former commerce secretary and close friend Mickey Kantor went to the White House on Saturday to help coach the president through his testimony. In an unprecedented arrangement, it is being beamed from the White House by video to the grand jury a few blocks away. Given possible damning physical evidence on Ms Lewinsky's dress, which FBI agents have finished examining, former and current advisers have been urging the president to tell the truth. That could involve an embarrassing U-turn from his comments in January that: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman." But since Mr Starr is withholding from Mr Clinton the results of DNA tests on the garment, the president is going into his testimony blind. The White House is taking extraordinary steps to make sure the transmission of the testimony does not fall into unauthorised hands. The link from the White House Map Room to the grand jury room is being made with high-security fibre optic cable, protected by encryption. The Washington Post said Mr Clinton - who will turn 52 on Wednesday - was having an emotional time explaining his conduct to wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea.