Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Starr Gets Lewinsky's Credit Record > WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whitewater prosecutors have obtained > the credit records of former White House intern Monica > Lewinsky and four other people in the investigation, an > attorney for a credit reporting agency said Monday. > > Turned over under subpoena to a federal grand jury in > the Lewinsky probe, the records are those of Ms. > Lewinsky, her mother Marcia Lewis, former White House > volunteer Kathleen Willey, Maryland developer Nathan > Landow and a former friend of Willey, Julie Steele. > > Oscar Marquis, general counsel for Trans Union Corp., > confirmed the credit reporting service's cooperation > with the investigation. The Legal Times first reported > the surrendering of the credit records. > > Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr has been > investigating whether Clinton had a sexual relationship > with Ms. Lewinsky and then urged her to lie about it. > Clinton has denied the allegations. > > Starr also is investigating whether Landow tried to > influence Mrs. Willey's testimony in the Paula Jones > sexual harassment case against the president, something > Landow denies. Mrs. Willey has accused Clinton of > making an unwanted sexual advance inside the White > House, which the president denies. Ms. Steele contends > Mrs. Willey asked her to lie to a reporter about the > alleged overture. > > House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the Clinton > administration's claim of privilege in the Whitewater > investigation is on far weaker legal ground than > President Nixon was when he was forced to surrender the > tapes in the Watergate scandal. > > ``Richard Nixon lost this argument in court and he > didn't go anywhere near as far as President Clinton > suggested,'' Gingrich told the Atlanta Rotary Club. > ``It violates every principle. It is dangerous, not > just shameful.'' > > In Watergate, the Supreme Court rejected Nixon's > argument that executive privilege protected > tape-recordings of Oval Office conversations with his > aides. > > Whitewater prosecutors want to question Secret Service > officers protecting the president about Clinton's > relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. > > But officials from the Treasury Department, which > oversees the Secret Service, and the Justice Department > argue that unless agents can be barred from testifying, > future presidents will not allow them close enough to > provide effective protection. Treasury and Justice > officials say Starr can be prohibited from questioning > the Secret Service officers without Clinton himself > making a claim of privilege. > > On a separate matter, the White House refused to > comment on whether Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to > answer some questions asked of her in a five-hour > videotaped deposition Saturday. > > A White House spokesman referred questions to the first > lady's Whitewater lawyer, David Kendall, who did not > return a phone call. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
