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

To: Les H who wrote (7245)	10/5/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Who, me?	Respond to of 67261

What's Clinton's batting average vs the Supreme Court? Clinton Lawyers Go to Supreme Court WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawyers for President Clinton today asked the Supreme Court to hear their appeal of a ruling that certain aides to the president could not use a claim of attorney-client privilege as the basis for refusing to answer grand jury questions in the Monica Lewsinky case. The matter centers on Clinton's effort to shield presidential confidant Bruce Lindsey from answering certain questions by Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr about his conversations with Clinton. ''Attorney-client privilege is a bedrock princple of our system of justice,'' White House lawyer Charles Ruff said in a brief written statement. ''The confidentiality of discussions between a president and his counsel about official matters is in the public interest, because the American people benefit when their president makes sound decisions on the basis of frank advice.'' The White House lost its argument in a federal court of appeals case last summer. In today's petition to the Supreme Court, the White House lawyers argued that Starr misled the court of appeals by asserting that the threat of impeachment was ''too remote a possibility to be considered by the court'' in the attorney-client privilege matter. Yet, the White House said, Starr's office at the same time was preparing to refer impeachment charges to the House of Representatives. Ruff, in his statement today, said the court of appeals ruling ''upsets the constitutional balance of powers and deprives this and future presidents the right of confidential discussions with legal advisers on official matters.'' AP-NY-10-05-98 1340EDT newsday.com

To: Les H who wrote (7245)	10/5/1998 2:39:00 PM
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15 impeachabel offenses? Remember, the lead counsel for the Republicans is a LIFELONG DEMOCRAT!!! House Panel Discusses Impeachment By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Going even further than Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr, the chief Republican investigator for the House Judiciary Committee today laid out 15 offenses that could be grounds for impeachment of President Clinton. In a much anticipated report before the committee's expected vote for a broad impeachment inquiry, David Schippers said there was ''substantial and credible'' evidence that Clinton may have been ''part of a conspiracy with Monica Lewinsky and others'' to obstruct justice. Starr, whose report sparked much criticism from Democrats, reported to the House that Clinton may have committed 11 impeachable offenses. Democratic investigator Abbe Lowell was to follow with his analysis of the evidence. Schippers said there was evidence that Clinton gave false testimony under oath both in his testimony for the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit and before a federal grand jury. He also may have conspired to withhold evidence and tamper with witnesses in the Jones case and before the grand jury, Schippers said. The Republican investigator said that the lurid sexual details of the president's sexual relationship with Ms. Lewinsky in Starr's report were ''at best, merely peripheral to the central issues'' in the case. ''The president and Ms. Lewinsky had developed a 'cover story' to conceal their activities,'' Schippers said. The report also said Clinton may have ''aided, abetted, counseled and procured'' Ms. Lewinsky to file a false affidavit in the Jones case denying a sexual relationship. Schippers listed several instances in which he said Clinton testified falsely, including his denial of a sexual relationship in the Jones deposition; his admissions in grand jury testimony of only ''inappropriate intimate contact''; and his statement in the Jones case that he could not recall being alone with Ms. Lewinsky. Schippers said it was wrong for a party to a lawsuit to lie under oath. And he said the president is ''by virtue of his office, held to a higher standard than any other American.'' The Judiciary Committee hearing, convened to consider whether to open an impeachment inquiry against Clinton, began with a call from Chairman Henry Hyde for ''an honest effort to do what is best for the country.'' AP-NY-10-05-98 1422EDT newsday.com