[EMAIL PROTECTED] (William J. Foristal) writes:
Hi Sue,
ROTF....I bet a lot of people think this is an April Fool's joke. You
watch those right wingers drop ol' Paula Jones like a hot potato now.
The Rutherford Institute wasted a lot of money on this one.
I guess Bennett was right all along. I'd like to have seen Susan
Carpenter McMillan's face when she got the news.
Bill
On Wed, 01 Apr 1998 13:41:23 -0800 Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>ABCNEWS.com
> April 1 � A federal judge has tossed out Paula
> Jones� sexual harassment case against President
> Clinton. Judge Susan Webber Wright in Little Rock,
>Ark.,
> has decided in favor of President
> Clinton's motion to dismiss the case
> for lack of evidence. Paula Jones'
> ;lawyers have been told by the
> court that the entirety of their case
> has been thrown out.
> Jones is suing Clinton for $700,000 in damages.
>She
> alleges that Clinton, as governor of Arkansas, had a
>state
> trooper summon her to a hotel room, where he exposed
> himself and asked for oral sex. Clinton denies the
>allegations.
> The trial had been scheduled to begin on May 27.
> Jones' lawyers have said they plan to appeal the
>ruling.
> Legal teams for Clinton, Jones and Monica Lewinsky
>are
> also awaiting two other important rulings.
> U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson will
>decide
> whether Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr must stand by
>a
> purported deal to give Lewinsky immunity from
>prosecution
> in exchange for her testimony. Starr�s office says the
>deal was
> never finalized.
> For the past 10 weeks, Starr�s grand jury has been
> investigating allegations that Clinton carried on an
>illicit affair
> with the former intern and pressured her to lie about
>it.
>
> Lewinsky Evidence Sought
> Finally, Jones� lawyers have filed an appeal with the
>8th
>U.S,
> Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis to fight a
>January
>ruling
> by Judge Wright to bar information about Lewinsky from
> their sexual harassment case.
> In an attempt to have the decision thrown out,
>they
> insisted, �the district court sacrificed vital evidence
>on the
> altar of unverified presidential convenience.�
> To alleviate concerns that allowing
>Lewinsky-related
> material into the case could interfere with Kenneth
>Starr�s
> criminal investigation, Jones� attorneys have offered
>to
> postpone the trial.
>--
>Two rules in life:
>
>1. Don't tell people everything you know.
>2.
>
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