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

To: Mayo Root who wrote (18803)	9/3/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Sources: Clinton admits he tried to find Lewinsky a job September 2, 1998 Web posted at: 10:55 p.m. EDT (0255 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton testified under oath that he tried to help Monica Lewinsky find a job two times -- including once after she had been subpoenaed to testify in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit against him, two legal sources have told CNN. Clinton's admission came during his August 17 testimony at the White House, under questioning from Independent Counsel Ken Starr. The job-related incidents occurred after the former White House intern had left the White House for a job at the Pentagon. Clinton testified that he acted on both occasions at the request of Lewinsky, and that he did so because he was concerned she had been treated unfairly when she was transferred to the Pentagon, the sources told CNN. Clinton testified that in the summer of 1997, he asked White House Deputy Personnel Director Marsha Scott to try to find Lewinsky a new position back in the White House. Then, in January 1988, he said he asked aides to help Lewinsky obtain a good recommendation as she sought a job in New York, the sources said. The first incident would have occurred before Lewinsky was subpoenaed to testify in the Jones case; the second came after the subpoena. Clinton testified that he did not tell Scott or other aides that he was involved in a sexual relationship with Lewinsky, the sources said. When subpoenaed by Jones' lawyers to answer questions about an alleged relationship with the president, Lewinsky signed a sworn affidavit denying they had an affair. She has now reportedly admitted to the affair before Starr's grand jury. Clinton, too, has admitted that he and Lewinsky had, in his words, "an inappropriate relationship." Allegations that Clinton or others acting on his behalf may have helped Lewinsky obtain a job as part of a wider effort to conceal their relationship from Jones' attorneys is believed to be part of Starr's investigation into possible obstruction of justice. According to a legal source familiar with Scott's testimony before Starr's grand jury, she said she had no "specific recollection" of such a request from the president but could not rule it out. She did recall that Clinton's private secretary, Berry Currie, had asked her to help Lewinsky. Scott also testified that she met with Lewinsky twice during the spring and summer of 1997, according to the source. During the first session, they spoke for about half an hour, but nothing came of the meeting. During the second meeting, according to this source, Lewinsky became agitated after Scott told her it was not "a good career move" for her to come back to the White House, given the criticism of her earlier behavior by some White House officials who had accused her of "stalking" the president. A source close to Lewinsky told CNN that the young woman only briefly wanted to return to the White House, but abandoned the idea in favor of pursuing a job in New York. The source said Lewinsky talked to the president about "a lot of things," and that she admits she talked to Currie and others about getting help in finding a job.