Outline for My Paper Regarding Bill Clinton and Ken Starr

I. 12 January 1998

A. Significant events that occurred on this day

1. Robert Dole became a foreign agent for Taiwan

2. A ban on human cloning was signed in Paris

3. Fifty-five people in Burundi were killed by Hutu rebels

4. An underwater pipeline busted in the Niger Delta

5. The German government agreed to pay Holocaust survivors through pensions

B. These are significant events

1. One event on this date may have been more significant

a) Linda Tripp contacted the Office of the Independent Counsel

(1) Tripp informs the staff she had been taping phone calls

(2) She has been taping her calls with Monica Lewinsky

(a) Taping phone calls is not that big a deal

(b) Taping calls of woman who had an affair with president is

(3) These taped conversations contain details of the affair

b) Ken Starr is head of the Office of the Independent Counsel

(1) Because of this call he starts to investigate private life of Bill Clinton

c) This investigation becomes a clash between Starr and Clinton

(1) Their staffs are also involved

C. Both sides played unfair and unethically at times throughout the investigation

II. How did Clinton and Lewinsky meet?

A. Lewinsky became an intern at the White House in June 1995

B. The sexual affair between Lewinsky and Clinton began in November 1995

C. In April 1996 Lewinsky got a job at the Pentagon

1. This move was initiated by Evelyn Lieberman

a) Deputy White House Chief of Staff

b) This decision that put Lewinsky and Tripp on that fateful collision course

D. Summer of 1996

1. Lewinsky opens up to Tripp about her alleged affair with Clinton

E. Fall of 1997

1. Tripp began to tape her conversations with Lewinsky

a) Lewinsky included details about the her sexual relationship with the president

F. December 1997

1. Lewinsky leaves job at the Pentagon

2. Receives subpoena from Paula Jones lawyers

3. Visited the White House one final time

a) Met privately with the President

b) Clinton gives Lewinsky advice on answering questions from Jones lawyers

G. 7 January 1998

1. Affidavit filed by Lewinsky in the Jones case

a) Lewinsky denies that she and Clinton had ever engaged in a sexual relationship

H. 12 January 1998

1. Starr's office was contacted by Tripp

III. How did Starr get tangled up in this mess?

A. 5 August 1994

1. Starr takes the reigns of the Whitewater probe

2. Special Division went against Attorney General Janet Reno's wishes

a) Appointed Starr as the leader of the probe

b) Independent Counsel only answers to Special Division

c) Starr replaced Robert Fiske

3. This issue will be explored briefly later on

B. 22 April 1995

1. Clintons were interviewed privately by Starr

2. A month later Lewinsky begins her internship at the White House

C. 22 January 1996

1. Hilary Clinton subpoenaed by Starr

2. First time that a sitting president's wife had been subpoenaed

D. 4 March 1996

1. Jim Guy Tucker and James and Susan McDougal are put on trial

a) Part of the Whitewater investigation

b) All three of them were convicted on 28 May 1996

(1) Convicted on conspiracy and fraud charges

E. November 1996

1. James Carville announces plans to go after Starr

a) Carville wasformer campaign strategist for Clinton

(1) 1992 presidential election

b) Wants to label Starr as a man who is out to destroy Clinton

(1) Claims that Starr's motive is party politics

F. 17 February 1997

1. Starr announces that he will resign as independent counsel in August

a) Intends to becomethe dean of Pepperdine University Law School

b) Reverses decision only four days later

(1) Announces he will stay on until his job is complete

2. This decision was one of many mind-boggling decisions made by Starr

G. 25 June 1997

1. Washington Post article

a) Claims Starr's staff has been questioning state troopers in Arkansas

(1) Starr's staff wants to find out about extramarital affairs of Clinton

(a) These affairs took place as governor

i) Not as president

b) Starr's office wants to locate women who Clinton may have confided in

(1) Women may have been able to verify the accuracy of sworn statements

(a) Statement made by Clinton during the Whitewater investigation

H. December 1997

1. Lewinsky's name appeares on a potential witness list

a) List compiled by Paula Jones lawyers

b) Jones is the plaintiff in a sexual harassment case against Clinton

2. Two weeks later

a) Lewinsky was served with a

(1) Subpoena requires her to serve as a witness in the Jones case

3. Lewinsky visits Clinton at the White House to say goodbye

a) She is leaving her job at the Pentagon

(1) She is accepting a job in New York that Clinton had helped her obtain

b) During this meeting she speaks to Clinton about her fears of being deposed

(1) Clinton tells her how some women have avoided questioning

(a) She needs to file an affidavit that states that he has not harassed her

I. 7 January 1998

1. Lewinsky filed an affidavit in the sexual harassment case of Paula Jones

a) Lewinsky flatly denied that she and Clinton had ever had a sexual relationship

J. This brings us to the momentous date of 12 January 1998

1. The day Starr's office received a phone call from Linda Tripp

IV. Is there anyway this investigation could have been handled fairly and ethically

A. The selection process doomed it from the beginning

B. August 1994

1. Starr chosen to replace Robert Fiske

a) This decision seems motivated by partisan politics

2. Judge David Sentelle presided over the Special Division that chose Starr

a) Sentelle is one of the most partisan judges on the bench

b) Senator Jesse Helms was his protégé

3. Sentelle had lunch with Helms and Faircloth before this decision

a) Helms would have wanted Sentelle to pick a man such as Starr

(1) Starr would be harder on Clinton than Fiske

(2) Helms knew this

b) Article in New York Times calling for Starr to resign

c) American Bar Association

(1) Five former heads of this association urged Starr to resign

C. The Special Division claimed that they removed Fiske because of appearance

a) This panel claimed they were motivated by the need for impartial justice

D. Sentelle probably made these decisions based on his own motives

1. He had a chance to serve on the Supreme Court

a) His chance would be better if Clinton were defeated in the 1996 election

V. What is ethical and unfair

A. Starr has been labeled this crazy sex investigator

1. He has been blasted by the media and the American people

a) His reputation has been tarred

b) There have been death threats against his family

(1) His was under twenty-four-hour federal guard

(2) Even his daughter, Carolyn, had been subjected to these threats

(a) She was only a college student at Stanford

B. The funny thing is this could have all been avoided

C. 17 January 1998

1. Testifying before lawyers in the sexual harassment case of Paula Jones

a) Clinton denies sexual affair with Lewinsky

D. Starr is blamed by many for this four year long investigation

1. Taxpayers are upset

a) They should be.

b) Millions of dollars has been poured into this thing

E. Imagine now that Lewinsky and Clinton tell the truth

1. Starr no longer has to investigate this matter

2. Starr's reputation might be saved

3. Tax payer's money would not be wasted

F. So how does Starr get such a bad wrap

1. If Clinton and Lewinsky tell the truth like you are supposed to under oath

a) This whole mess would have never happened

b) This paper could not be written

G. These lies by Clinton and Lewinsky were completely unethical

VI. The tapes provided by Linda Tripp

A. Is it ethical to use tapes that were recorded illegally

B. This was illegal in Maryland

1. Recording just one tape could result in a felony conviction

2. Penalty

a) Five years in prison

b) Ten-thousand dollar fine

C. The Independent Counsel had the authority to pardon Tripp of these crimes

1. Starr's staff had to have these tapes

a) Without them he really has no evidence

D. Is it fair when one side has the power to pardon criminal

1. Especially when this pardon will help their side

2. The president was at a rather large disadvantage here

VII. Conflicts of interest

A. Starr and his staff kept numerous matters from Attorney General Janet Reno

1. OIC deputy Jackie Bennett

a) Failed to mention Paul Rosenzweig's dinner with the elves

(i) Claimed that he was unaware of the elves ties to Jones lawyers

(ii) Rosenzweig has never commented on the matter

b) OIC deputy John Bates believed otherwise

(i) Bates believe Bennett knew that Rosenzweig was meeting with the elves

2. There was no mention of Rosenzweigs conversations with Jerome Marcus

a) Marcus represented Paula Jones

3. Nothing said about Starr and Richard Porter being law partners

a) Starr may not have thought this was a problem

b) Porter was worried about it though

(i) He did not want his name appearing on documents associated with Starr

4. Lucianne Goldberg

a) Entry in her notebook for 15 January

(i) "Call from Richard Porter on phone. . . worried that Ken Starr. . ."

5. Personal involvement with Jones case

a) Considered writing an amicus brief

(i) Independent Women's Forum

(a) Scaife-funded

(b) Supporting Jones right to sue the president

6. Starr consulted over the phone

a) Gil Davis

(i) Jones lawyer

7. Vernon Jordan's involvement

a) Job search for Lewinsky

(i) Preceded Lewinsky's subpoena in the Jones case

(a) Two months

b) Jordan is old friend of Lewinsky's mother fiancé

(i) Peter Strauss

B. If Reno would have known this would Starr still be the lead investigator