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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4338800" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>OK ... that's a STUP reply!!!</p><p>Starr investigated it for 4 years ... Initially chosen as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_the_Independent_Counsel" target="_blank">Independent Counsel</a> in 1994, and charged with investigating Bill and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton</a>'s pre-presidency financial dealings with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_scandal" target="_blank">Whitewater Land Company</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-Kyvig2008USNWR-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr" target="_blank">Ken Starr</a>, with the approval of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Attorney General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno" target="_blank">Janet Reno</a>, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of alleged abuses including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_travel_office_controversy" target="_blank">the firing of White House travel agents</a>, the alleged misuse of FBI files, and Clinton's conduct while he was a defendant in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment" target="_blank">sexual harassment</a> lawsuit filed by a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas" target="_blank">Arkansas</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">state government</a> employee, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones" target="_blank">Paula Jones</a>. In the course of the investigation, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tripp" target="_blank">Linda Tripp</a> provided Starr with taped phone conversations in which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky" target="_blank">Monica Lewinsky</a>, a former White House Intern, discussed having <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex" target="_blank">oral sex</a> with the president. Clinton gave a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposition_(law)" target="_blank">sworn deposition</a> in the Jones case on January 17, 1998, during which he denied having a "sexual relationship", "sexual affair" or "sexual relations" with Lewinsky. He also denied that he was ever alone with her. </p><p></p><p>Seven months later, on August 17, Clinton faced a federal grand jury, convened by Ken Starr, to consider whether the president committed perjury in his January deposition, or otherwise obstructed justice, in the Jones case.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-LinderUMKCSL-2" target="_blank">[2]</a> A much-quoted statement from the deposition shows Clinton questioning the precise use of the word "is", saying, "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".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-3" target="_blank">[3]</a> Clinton contended that his January statement that "there's nothing going on between us" had been truthful because he had no ongoing relationship with Lewinsky at the time he was questioned. He also stated that oral sex was not, in his opinion, "sexual relations" within the meaning of that term as adopted in the Jones case.</p><p>The Office of the Independent Counsel concluded its four-year-long investigation of the president soon after Clinton's grand jury testimony, and on September 9, 1998, delivered its report to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" target="_blank">House Judiciary Committee</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4338800, member: 18222"] OK ... that's a STUP reply!!! Starr investigated it for 4 years ... Initially chosen as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_the_Independent_Counsel']Independent Counsel[/URL] in 1994, and charged with investigating Bill and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton']Hillary Clinton[/URL]'s pre-presidency financial dealings with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_scandal']Whitewater Land Company[/URL],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-Kyvig2008USNWR-1'][1][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr']Ken Starr[/URL], with the approval of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_the_United_States']Attorney General[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Reno']Janet Reno[/URL], conducted a wide-ranging investigation of alleged abuses including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_travel_office_controversy']the firing of White House travel agents[/URL], the alleged misuse of FBI files, and Clinton's conduct while he was a defendant in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment']sexual harassment[/URL] lawsuit filed by a former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas']Arkansas[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States']state government[/URL] employee, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Jones']Paula Jones[/URL]. In the course of the investigation, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Tripp']Linda Tripp[/URL] provided Starr with taped phone conversations in which [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky']Monica Lewinsky[/URL], a former White House Intern, discussed having [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_sex']oral sex[/URL] with the president. Clinton gave a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deposition_(law)']sworn deposition[/URL] in the Jones case on January 17, 1998, during which he denied having a "sexual relationship", "sexual affair" or "sexual relations" with Lewinsky. He also denied that he was ever alone with her. Seven months later, on August 17, Clinton faced a federal grand jury, convened by Ken Starr, to consider whether the president committed perjury in his January deposition, or otherwise obstructed justice, in the Jones case.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-LinderUMKCSL-2'][2][/URL] A much-quoted statement from the deposition shows Clinton questioning the precise use of the word "is", saying, "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".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] Clinton contended that his January statement that "there's nothing going on between us" had been truthful because he had no ongoing relationship with Lewinsky at the time he was questioned. He also stated that oral sex was not, in his opinion, "sexual relations" within the meaning of that term as adopted in the Jones case. The Office of the Independent Counsel concluded its four-year-long investigation of the president soon after Clinton's grand jury testimony, and on September 9, 1998, delivered its report to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary']House Judiciary Committee[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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