1092. Currie 7/22/98 GJ at 157-59; 164-66. (1093)
1093. Currie 7/22/98 GJ at 162.
1094. Jordan 6/9/98 GJ at 17. See also Telephone Calls,
Table 48 (831-DC-00000009) (Ms. Lewinsky's pager records).
1095. Jordan 6/9/98 GJ at 38-39.
1096. Carter 6/18/98 GJ at 146.
1097. Jordan 6/9/98 GJ at 54-55.
1098. Schmidt, Baker, and Locy, "Clinton Accused of Urging
Aide To Lie," Wash. Post, Jan. 21, 1998, at A1.
1099. Podesta 6/23/98 GJ at 12.
1100. See Telephone Calls, Table 50.
1101. Mr. Bennett was apparently referring to Ms. Lewinsky's
affidavit.
1102. Clinton Accused at A1.
1103. Mr. Lindsey, on instructions from the President, see
Lindsey 8/28/98 GJ at 23, has invoked the presidential
communication privilege, the deliberative process privilege, the
governmental attorney-client privilege, and President Clinton's
personal attorney-client privilege with regard to conversations
with the President and has thus refused to disclose what the
President said to him on January 21. Lindsey 2/19/98 GJ at 42.
Mr. Lindsey has testified, however, that based on the President's
public statements and statements made to others in Lindsey's
presence, the President misled him about the nature of his
relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. Lindsey 8/28/98 GJ at 93-96,
101.
1104. Currie 5/7/98 GJ at 112-14.
1105. Lindsey 8/28/98 GJ at 90. Mr. Lindsey, citing
privileges, refused to testify about the substance of this
conversation.
1106. 1034-DC-00000111 (Mr. Jordan's calendar). See also
Jordan 3/5/98 GJ at 79 (St. Regis Hotel), 160-61 (New York), 179
(the President's phone call); Jordan 6/9/98 GJ at 76.
1107. See Telephone Calls, Table 50, Call 6. See also
Lindsey 8/28/98 GJ at 90. Mr. Lindsey asserted privileges over
this conversation as well.
1108. White House Press Conference (Mike McCurry), Jan. 21,
1998.
1109. Lindsey 8/28/98 GJ at 11-12.
1110. Bowles 4/2/98 GJ at 84. See also Podesta 6/16/98 GJ at
85-86.
1111. Ickes 6/10/98 GJ at 73.
1112. Ms. Currie could not recall whether the President
called her into the Oval Office to discuss Ms. Lewinsky on
Tuesday, January 20, or Wednesday, January 21. Currie 1/27/98 GJ
at 80-81.
1113. Currie 1/27/98 GJ at 80-81.
1114. Currie 1/27/98 GJ at 81.
1115. Currie 1/24/98 Int. at 8. The President did not
specifically recall this second conversation with Ms. Currie, but
did not dispute that it took place: "I do not remember how many
times I talked to Betty Currie or when. I don't. I can't
possibly remember that. I do remember when I first heard about
this story breaking, trying to ascertain what the facts were,
trying to ascertain what Betty's perception was." Clinton
8/17/98 GJ at 141-42.
1116. Blumenthal 2/26/98 GJ at 19.
1117. Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 48-49. When later asked how he
interpreted the President's statement, "I haven't done anything
wrong," Mr. Blumenthal stated, "My understanding was that the
accusations against him which appeared in the press that day were
false, that he had not done anything wrong. . . . He had not had
a sexual relationship with her, and had not sought to obstruct
justice or suborn perjury."(1118)
1118. Blumenthal 6/26/98 at 26.
1119. Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 49. The President said, "I've
gone down that road before, I've caused pain for a lot of people
and I'm not going to do that again." Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 49.
Mr. Blumenthal "understood [this statement] to mean that he had
had an adulterous relationship in the past, which is something he
made very plain to the American people in his "60 Minutes"
interview with the First Lady, which is how he introduced himself
to the public . . . . And it's been very well known."
Blumenthal 6/25/98 GJ at 32.
1120. Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 49.
1121. Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 50.
1122. Blumenthal 6/4/98 GJ at 49-50; Blumenthal 6/25/98 GJ at
15, 51.
1123. Podesta 6/16/98 GJ at 92.
1124. Podesta 6/16/98 GJ at 92. The President made another
misleading statement about his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky to
Mr. Podesta a few weeks later. According to Mr. Podesta, "[h]e
said to me that after she [Ms. Lewinsky] left [the White House],
that when she had come by, she came by to see Betty, and that he
-- when she was there either Betty was with them -- either that
she was with Betty when he saw her or that he saw her in the Oval
Office with the door open and Betty was around -- and Betty was
out at her desk."(1125)
1125. Podesta 6/16/98 GJ at 88.
1126. Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 101-09.
1127. Clinton 8/17/98/ GJ at 101, 106. The President was
asked specifically whether he denied telling Mr. Podesta that he
did not have any kind of sex whatsoever, including oral sex, with
Ms. Lewinsky. The President responded: "I'm not saying that
anybody who had a contrary memory is wrong. I do not remember."
Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 105.
1128. In claiming that this statement was true, the President
was apparently relying on the same tense-based distinction he
made during the Jones deposition. See Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 59-61 ("It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the
-- if he -- if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not --
that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a
completely true statement. . . . Now, if someone had asked me on
that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms.
Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I
would have said no. And it would have been completely true.")
1129. Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 107.
1130. Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 107.
1131. Broadcast on "All Things Considered" on National Public
Radio, 5:07 p.m., Wednesday, January 21, 1998.
1132. "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer," PBS, interview with
President Bill Clinton by Jim Lehrer, Wednesday, January 21,
1998. As evidenced by his grand jury testimony, the President is
attentive to matters of verb tense. Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 59.
1133. Televised Remarks by President Clinton at Photo
Opportunity at the White House with Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat, January 22, 1998, 10:22 a.m.
1134. Roll Call, Inc., January 22, 1998; transcript of press
conference.
1135. "All Things Considered," January 21, 1998.
1136. "The News Hour," January 21, 1998.
1137. Televised Remarks By President Clinton at Photo
Opportunity at the White House with Palestinian Authority
Chairman Yasser Arafat, January 22, 1998, 10:22 a.m.
1138. Roll Call, Inc., January 22, 1998. President Clinton
was extended invitations to appear before the grand jury and give
his testimony on: January 28, 1998; February 4, 1998; February 9,
1998; February 21, 1998; March 2, 1998; and March 13, 1998. He
declined all of these invitations. On July 16, 1998, the grand
jury issued the President a subpoena. The President promptly
moved for a postponement of two weeks in which to respond. At a
hearing on the President's motion, Chief Judge Norma Holloway
Johnson stated, "What we need to do is to move forward and move
forward expeditiously. . . . [A]pparently the grand jury has
determined that [they] need to hear from the [President]." In re
Grand Jury Proceedings, Misc. No. 98-267, July 28, 1998, at pp.
27-28. Before Judge Johnson ruled, the President's attorneys
negotiated the terms of the President's appearance.
1139. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 6, 10, 12. Mr. Morris was
questioned after the President's grand jury appearance on August
17, 1998; accordingly, the OIC never had an opportunity to
question the President about this conversation.
1140. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 14.
1141. Mr. Morris testified that he interpreted the
"something" to be sexual in nature. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 94.
1142. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 14.
1143. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 15.
1144. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 15-16.
1145. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 17.
1146. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 28.
1147. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 30.
1148. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 34. Mr. Morris believed that Ms.
Lewinsky's credibility was in question based on a claim by a USA
Today reporter that there was an occasion when the President and
Mr. Morris spoke on the telephone while they each were involved
in a sexual encounter. The President was reportedly "having sex"
with Ms. Lewinsky while Mr. Morris was allegedly involved with a
prostitute at the Jefferson Hotel. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 32, 34.
1149. Morris 8/18/98 GJ at 35.
1150. Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 6.
1151. Although Mr. Thomason originally offered to stay with
the President for a "couple of days," he stayed at the White
House Residence for 34 days. Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 6, 10. Mr.
Thomason testified that while "not particularly an expert in
media matters . . . my wife and I seem to have a feel of what the
rest of America is thinking. . . ." Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 24.
1152. Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 15-16. Mr. Thomason said he
"went on the assumption that [the allegations] were not true,"
but he never asked the President because he talked to his
attorney, Robert Bennett (also the President's personal
attorney), who advised him "to make sure you don't ask questions
that will get you subpoenaed." Id. at 22, 27. Mr. Thomason also
testified he did not ask the President whether the denial was
true because "I wanted it to be true and I felt it not to be
true." Id. at 32-33.
1153. Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 15.
1154. Thomason 8/11/98 GJ at 27.
1155. Schmidt and Baker, "Ex-Intern Rejected Immunity Offer
in Probe," Wash. Post, Jan. 24, 1998, at A1.
1156. Schmidt and Baker, "Ex-Intern Rejected Immunity Offer,"
at A1.
1157. Larry King Weekend, Jan. 24, 1998, Transcript No.
98012400V42.
1158. In fact, the President did draw a distinction between
"is" and "was." See Clinton 8/17/98 GJ at 59.
1159. Larry King Weekend, Jan. 24, 1998, Transcript No.
98012400V42.
1160. Televised Remarks by President Clinton at the White
House Education News Conference, Monday, January 26, 1998, 10:00
a.m. See Chi. Tribune, Jan. 27, 1998, at 1 ("A defiant President
Clinton wagged his finger at the cameras and thumped the lectern
Monday as he insisted he did not have sex with a young White
House intern or ask her to deny it under oath.").
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