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...Tripp tapes allowed Starr to threaten Lewinsky with prosecution for perjury unless she would help him expose the President's cover-up. But day after day, well into last week, the immunity talks went nowhere. On Monday, Lewinsky's lawyer William Ginsburg offered what he called a "complete proffer," in which he provided a detailed account of what she would say in exchange for a full grant of immunity. But by Thursday he announced that he had started preparing her criminal defense...
...turned out, Lewinsky's lawyers did not have much to say to Starr's attorneys. Ginsburg wasn't even doing the negotiating; Washington criminal lawyer Nathaniel Speights was. Starr's team wasn't satisfied by what Lewinsky volunteered, which a source close to the investigation said wasn't a proffer at all; Lewinsky's lawyers have simply been dribbling out bits of information. Republicans were worried that the most she would testify to was that Clinton's legal advice to Lewinsky amounted to little more than vague suggestions. If perhaps he had said something like "Please consider your options carefully...
...attorney William Ginsburg. That means legal immunity is a distant prospect for the former intern. "Judge Starr knows our telephone number; we are here if he wants to call us," said Ginsburg. That's not likely, says the Washington Post -- Starr is furious because Lewinsky made a muddled proffer. Yes, she did have a sexual relationship with Clinton; no, she was not told to lie about it, but was "told to tell a certain version of events that did not actually happen," according to the Post's source. You can almost see Starr throwing up his hands in frustration...
Late Scandal News: Starr Says No Deal Kenneth Starr has rejected another written proffer of an immunity deal from Monica Lewinsky's lawyers, according to sources. And the Wall Street Journal is reporting that a White House steward told the Starr grand jury he saw Lewinsky and the President alone together--and cleaned up some potentially incriminating napkins. Iraqi Offer Doesn't Cut It It's no dice for Iraq's latest attempt to wriggle out of the current crisis. TIME explains what the U.S. needs to hear from Saddam. Full Story
Pray for the proffer...