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...lawyers call the "immunity dance." No deal's been struck -- at least, none has been announced. Reportedly, Lewinsky would reverse her earlier testimony and say she had a sexual relationship with President Clinton in exchange for immunity. But Starr wants to hear the ex-intern testify that Clinton and Vernon Jordan pressured her into covering up the affair...
...pressure to deliver on Thursday's promise of a press conference. "The American people want answers to these questions and the President wants to be able to give them," media maestro Mike McCurry told the assembled hordes. With subpoenas being issued for his secretary Betty Currie and his confidant Vernon Jordan, not to mention Larry Lawrence's widow, Clinton desperately needs to get a grip on the public's perception ? before the "I" word passes too many lips...
...Clinton did have a powerful ally in Vernon Jordan, who made a powerful defense of his role in the scandal Thursday. And if nothing else, the President's denials are getting better. Clinton caught some flak Wednesday for denouncing the allegations in the present tense only; pressed to be more specific, he told Washington's insider paper Roll Call: "The relationship was not sexual. And I know what you mean, and the answer...
WASHINGTON: Vernon Jordan reeks of the Establishment. The civil rights lawyer-cum-presidential confidant is on the board of so many major companies that a recent Washington Monthly described him as "the true center of the universe." And yet, he has consistently rejected all the Clinton cabinet posts he was offered, including the chance to become the first black Attorney General. "I do what I want to do," he insists. Establishment and integrity - an intriguing mixture that made his words worth listening to when Jordan waded into the Monica Lewinsky media circus Thursday afternoon...
Clinton Takes Cover Our story thus far: Clinton and the White House spent the day hunkering down against Ken Starr's subpoenas. Meanwhile, advisor Vernon Jordan denied all in a brief presser. Full Story Who Is Lewinsky? A Bad Tripp? Here Comes Mr. Jordan...