-Caveat Lector- >From www.federal.com > Schippers: Impeachment Trial Rigged by Republican Leadership > Justice Department obstructed inquiry > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- By MARVIN LEE > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > > > > Speaking out after the failed impeachment of President Clinton, > Republican counsel David Schippers says that the House Impeachment > managers were betrayed by the Republican leadership in the Senate. In > an interview with Human Events, he said: > > SCHIPPERS: I think the most important factor that the public should > know that they don't know is that, before we ever appeared on the > floor of the United States Senate, the House impeachment managers and > I were told that there was no way we could win. > > QUESTION: Who told you that? > > SCHIPPERS: Six Republican senators. Members of the leadership. > > QUESTION: Members of the Republican leadership came over to you? > > SCHIPPERS: No, we were over there. We were discussing the kind of > method by which we would try the case, and we, the managers and > myself, were told, "Look we're just trying to keep you from > embarrassing yourselves." I mean, this is after a vote of the House of > Representatives impeaching the President. > > In that same meeting one of the senators -- and because I do not know > which one it was, I will not name any of the senators -- turned to > Henry Hyde and he said, "Henry, I don't care. No way are you going to > get 67 votes." This was before anything had occurred on the floor of > the Senate. > > And Henry Hyde said, "Well, you know Senator, we have other materials > over there in that room that were furnished by Mr. Starr and I think > that some of them may have to do with assaults or things like that. > And the senator said, "Henry" -- this is a direct quote -- "I don't > care if you have proof that he raped a woman, stood up and shot her > dead, you're still not going to get 67 votes." > > At that point I raised my hand and I said, "Senator, are you telling > me I just watched a hundred senators raise their right hand to God and > swear to do equal and impartial justice and that they will ignore that > oath too?" And the senator said, "You're darn right they are." > > From that moment on I knew that we were in a rigged ball game. In > Chicago we'd refer to it as a First Ward election. > > David Schippers further complained about an obstruction of the > impeachment effort by the Justice Department itself: > > SCHIPPERS: The FBI at every stage of the investigation -- at every > stage of oversight, impeachment, or anything else -- gave us nothing > but 100% full cooperation from the bureau. The problems always came > between the bureau and us because interposed between us was the > Justice Department, and they were not about to give up anything that > might embarrass the President or the Administration. > > QUESTION: Your feeling is they were covering up for the President? > > SCHIPPERS: I feel they were covering up for the President. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Published in the Jun. 7, 1999 issue of The Washington Weekly. > Copyright © 1999 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com). > Reposting permitted with this message intact. 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