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

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (24244)	12/23/1998 2:22:00 PM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

RE: The Flynt Report USA TODAY December 22, 1998, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 7A LENGTH: 795 words HEADLINE: Flynt says he's not done with Congress 'We've got a couple big fish' who have had sexual affairs BYLINE: Martha T. Moore BODY: Coming soon, perhaps, to a newsstand near you: The Flynt Report, an explicit detailing of sexual misconduct among high-level Washington officials. Any similarity to the Starr report is purely intentional. Porn publisher Larry Flynt's peering into the private lives of members of Congress has already triggered the resignation of Speaker-elect Bob Livingston. But Flynt says he hasn't finished making his point. "We've got a couple big fish that I just really wouldn't be able to sleep well at night without letting the public know what hypocrites they are," he said Monday in a telephone interview from his Los Angeles Hustler store. He says he has information on peccadilloes of 10 representatives, one senator, and one "high-ranking government official." All of which is likely to be revealed around Jan. 1, perhaps in a special issue of Hustler magazine -- but one that would not be X-rated, to gain wider distribution than an adult magazine. Flynt, 56, says he is fighting hypocrisy that led to an investigation of President Clinton's sex life by members of Congress who are guilty of similar actions. So he has gathered an armful of grenades and plans to start throwing them. "I believe a person's sex life should be private. I know that sounds like a paradox considering that I'm revealing the sex life of members of Congress. But Kenneth Starr and Henry Hyde got in the mud first, and we just decided to get in there with them," he said. In fact, Flynt has had company among the mainstream media. In the past few months, regional newspapers have reported adulterous affairs of, among others, Reps. Helen Chenoweth and Dan Burton. "I personally don't think Livingston should have resigned. I don't think a person's sex life has anything to do with their ability to lead or be a successful legislator. But it's all the hypocrisy," Flynt said. "If someone will raise the white flag, then we'll go away. But I think they should be men enough to stand up and end this impeachment crap with some dignity and get back to business they should be working on." Until Livingston's announcement Saturday, Flynt had planned to release his information simultaneously in his magazine and on the Internet. "Now we're having some meetings this week to reconsider how we're going to deal with the other investigations -- whether we're going to just release them as they're concluded," Flynt said. In October, Flynt took out a full-page ad in The Washington Post, offering up to $ 1 million for "documentary evidence of illicit sexual relations" with a member of Congress. About 2,000 calls eventually yielded information on a dozen Washington officials. All are men, Flynt says, and their alleged inamoratas are all women. House Republicans, however nervous they may be about Flynt's impending allegations, portray him as a liberal acting from purely partisan motives. Only one of the 12 he mentioned is a Democrat -- Flynt said Republicans just sleep around more -- and he hasn't decided whether to reveal the Democrat's name. "He's not a significant player in this. Look, hey, I confess. I'm partisan in this thing. I don't have any intentions to be fair to the Republicans," Flynt said. Since his obscenity trial in Cincinnati in 1977, Flynt's life has been one of outrageous comments and gestures, most notably wearing a U.S. flag as a diaper in court. On the strength of his 1988 Supreme Court victory over Jerry Falwell, he was portrayed as a champion of the First Amendment in the film The People vs. Larry Flynt. Since he was shot by an avowed racist in 1978, he has used a gold-plated wheelchair. Now, like New York real estate developer Abe Hirschfeld, Flynt has used his millions to suddenly become a player in national politics -- unencumbered by any distaste for notoriety. In October, Hirschfeld offered Paula Jones $ 1 million to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton, an offer that ultimately fell through. Both Hirschfeld and Flynt face other legal troubles. Hirschfeld has been indicted on charges of seeking to have his former business partner murdered. Flynt faces an obscenity trial in January in Cincinnati. Neither is the kind of friend a president in trouble over his personal morals may want to have. "I don't know if I'm doing (Clinton) any favors or not, but I think he's been a great president," Flynt said. Like Jones, those who came forward in response to Flynt's ads may never see a check for $ 1 million. The ad promised "up to" that amount, and Flynt says he is still negotiating with those involved. Flynt said. Who's worth a million? "If we get any of the (congressional) leadership."