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

To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (24683)	12/28/1998 1:10:00 AM
From: Borzou Daragahi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

Of course, the first step in determining whether a suit has merit or not is the grand jury, and that was where Bill told his lies, so... I believe you are incorrect here. Grand Juries are only convened by prosecutors seeking indictments in criminal cases. Clinton allegedly lied in a civil suit deposition, relatively informal sessions usually conducted in lawyers' offices. They take place before a civil trial and allow lawyers to get a glimpse of what cards the other guy's holding. The House did not vote to impeach Clinton on charges of lying in a civil deposition, which was the most clear-cut case of alleged perjury. He was then charged with Grand Jury perjury and obstruction and a whole bunch of other stuff in a Grand Jury hearing convened to determine whether there were grounds to go forward with prosecutions on charges of lying or obstruction of justice in that civil deposition in a case that has been thrown out of court. We saw that Grand Jury testimony on television. Clinton waffled, he weebled, he wobbled, I don't think he really committed out-and-out perjury in the Grand Jury. He did not deny having an affair with Monica Lewinsky. Of course, by then he already knew about the stained dress.