Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jones Lawyers Outline Clinton Case > > LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Lawyers for Paula Jones argued > today that her lawsuit against President Clinton should > go to trial, alleging he made sexual advances against a > string of women and took part in a ``vast enterprise to > suppress evidence.'' > > In a 100-page brief and some 600 pages of accompanying > documentation, including portions of depositions that > other women have given in the case, Jones' lawyers told > U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright that the motion > by Clinton's lawyers to have the case dismissed should > be denied. > > ``The record before the court provides good reason to > believe that Mr. Clinton and those acting on his behalf > have engaged in a vast enterprise to suppress evidence > in this case and otherwise corrupt these proceedings,'' > the brief said. > > The case is scheduled to go to trial here on May 27. > > Much of the documentation behind the motion to go to > trial involved individuals and allegations that have > been aired previously. > > Jones' lawyers outlined in their motion evidence of what > they said was a Clinton pattern of making sexual > advances toward women and subsequently trying to > persuade them to deny it. > > Clinton's lawyer, Robert Bennett, told reporters in Los > Angeles: ``This is a form of insanity, what's going on > here.'' He called the charges ``a pack of lies.'' > > ``The facts are with us,'' Bennett said, adding that he > was hopeful the motion to dismiss the lawsuit would be > granted. > > The president has denied Mrs. Jones' claim that he asked > her for oral sex in 1991 and was responsible for denying > her proper raises and advancement as a result. At the > time, Clinton was governor of Arkansas and Mrs. Jones > was a clerk with the state's industrial development > agency. > > White House press secretary Mike McCurry, asked in > advance of the papers' release about whether the > president was dreading them, said, ``He's a human being > and he has human reaction when he reads stuff like that, > sure.'' > > Mrs. Jones' lawyers claimed that in the case of Kathleen > Willey, who once worked at the White House, ``Mr. > Clinton took the opportunity to sexually assault her > just outside the Oval Office, apparently fulfilling a > longstanding desire of his.'' > > The Jones lawyers said that Nathan Landow, a major > Democratic donor, ``was serving as an intermediary for > Mr. Clinton and his agents in attempting to influence > Ms. Willey to withhold or alter her ... testimony in > this case.'' Landow has denied that. > > In the case of former White House intern Monica > Lewinsky, Clinton ``misstated the nature and extent of > his contacts with her ... and misstated the extent of > his communications with Vernon Jordan (his longtime > friend) about Ms. Lewinsky'' in the president's Jan. 17 > deposition on the case. > > The filing also mentioned Clinton's contacts with Dolly > Kyle Browning, a longtime friend of Clinton and a high > school classmate. ``Mr. Clinton testified untruthfully > about his relationship with her,'' the lawyers said. > They added that Clinton ``fabricated notes of a > conversation'' with Ms. Browning that he ``has used as > evidence in this case to support his denial of their > affair.'' > > The court papers were first released in Washington and > were to be filed this afternoon in federal court in > Little Rock. > > Regarding Gennifer Flowers, a former Arkansas employee > who has claimed she had a 12-year affair with the > president, the lawyers said ``Mr. Clinton encouraged her > to lie under oath to an Arkansas review board > investigating whether she had received her job because > of her affair with Mr. Clinton.'' > > ``Mr. Clinton told her what he has told many other women > with whom he has had a sexual relationship -- if we both > deny the relationship, no one can prove it.'' > > The documents presented new information regarding a > former Miss America, Elizabeth Ward from Russellville, > Ark. According to the motion, Ms. Ward confided to a > friend that ``Mr. Clinton had made unwanted sexual > advances.'' > > According to the woman in whom Ms. Ward confided, the > former Miss America ``broke down crying'' when she > related the story to her friend, the lawyers said in the > papers. > > When Ms. Ward's name came up during the 1992 president > campaign, she issued a statement saying she never had a > sexual relationship with Clinton. -- 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
