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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: art slott who wrote (280)	8/21/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: j_b	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

<< Since he has not been found guilty you can't say that he lied under oath>> I'm not sure I agree with you here. Ignoring the flip comments (I can say anything I like - just try and stop me!!! <vbg>), courts exist to decide legalities, not truth. We all have at least some idea of what was said under oath and Clinton's comments since then, and it seems fairly obvious that he lied - remember when he said that he couldn't remember being alone with Monica, and that even if they were, noting remarkable happened? These are obvious lies, even if we ignore the technical definition of sex used in the case. Is he guilty of perjury or any other illegality? Not yet. Even if he did the deed, Clinton is not technically guilty until convicted, something that may never happen either because no crime was comitted or because it would not be politically correct to kick him when he's down.

To: art slott who wrote (280)	8/21/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: John Lacelle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Art, Perhaps you are right. Clinton's best hope is jury nulification with the U.S. Senate. It happened once before with Andrew Johnson, the guy who became President after Lincoln was assasinated. Tried before the Senate, he survived by 1 vote because some Senators did not want to set a precedent that would hurt the Presidency in the future. -John Just as a reminder though, we have yet to see Ken Starr's report to Congress, said to be about 300 pages. Only a few people actually know what he found in 4 years of investigation.