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

To: cody andre who wrote (7540)	10/1/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13994

PAGE SIX CLINTON MESS GETS EVEN MESSIER ANOTHER woman has surfaced in the Clinton Scandals who has even more trouble than Monica Lewinsky in keeping her stories straight. Jaunita Broaddrick, 54, apparently had told friends in Arkansas that Bill Clinton had raped her in 1978, when he was state attorney general and she was a volunteer in his campaign for governor. Dick Morris, during an appearance Monday on Hannity & Colmes' Fox News show, said he doubted a 20-year-old allegation would cause Clinton any further difficulty. Rape trials are very problematic, Morris said. It was date rape if it was anything. He didn't jump out of the bushes with a knife. Look at Willie Kennedy Smith. The difficulty in proving that stuff is enormous - especially after 10 years. In addition, Broaddrick has lost her credibility as a witness, having changed her story at least twice. Tracked down by Paula Jones' lawyers, she gave an affadavit in January denying Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward me in the late '70s. The White House dismissed the rape story at that time as false and outrageous. But documents released a week ago Monday by the House Judiciary Committee indicate Broaddrick, who is described only as Jane Doe No. 5, told Ken Starr's office on April 8 that she had filed a false affidavit. There was no elaboration, but if Broaddrick lied when she denied Clinton had sexually asaulted her, that means she now claims the story is true. NBC News correspondent Lisa Myers has reported the alleged encounter took place in a Little Rock hotel, the Camelot. Court documents filed by Jones' lawyers claim Clinton forcibly raped and sexually assaulted Broaddrick, then bribed or intimidated her to remain silent. But Broaddrick was uncooperative, telling Jones' lawyers she didn't want to have to relive such a horrible thing. Broaddrick also refused to go public in 1992, when a political opponent of Clinton, Phillip Yoakum, pressed her to tell her story. In an unsigned letter to Broaddrick at that time, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, Yoakum says he is distraught by her account of the assault, which he recounts in detail. Yoakum claims Broaddrick had told him in 1981 that Clinton had invited himself to her hotel room with the stated purpose of discussing her nursing home business. NBC News corroborated the story by interviewing four people who say Broaddrick told them of such an assault years ago. Another friend of Broaddrick's, nurse Norma Rogers, said Broaddrick was distraught after her meeting with Clinton, and said her lips were swollen at least double in size. White House spokesman Jim Kennedy told PAGE SIX: We're not going to be commenting on a 20-year-old story. nypost.com