Clinton still doesnt get it
Anonymous
nobody at replay.com
Wed Sep 16 00:16:06 PDT 1998
Anonymous writes:
>
> Frondeur writes:
>
> > Why do you believe the perjury case has `reasonable doubt' problems?
>
> Watch TV and learn the answer. It's only perjury if it's material,
> and the judge said it wasn't material.
This doesn't speak to `reasonable doubt' which was the subject
under discussion. Or are you arguing that a defense to perjury
is that there is reasonable doubt that a question was material?
Go watch TV and report back with the answer.
> > And the abuse of power case seems thin even to a non-lawyer. But
> > where does the `executive privilege stuff' come in? I don't see
> > that Starr listed that among his possible grounds for impeachment.
>
> Among the grounds Starr listed was Clinton's attempt to delay the
> investigation by raising many legal objections. He claimed privilege,
> for example, with respect to Secret Service testimony. Most of his
> efforts were ultimately overruled.
Yes, but I assumed Mac had included this under the `abuse of power'
heading since he explicitly cited that topic in his message to which
I was responding, and since that appeared to match one of the broad
headings under which Starr classifies his possible `grounds for
impeachment':
"...that President Clinton's actions ... have been inconsistent
with the President's constitutional duty to faithfully execute
the laws. "
I see nowhere that Starr claims that it was illegal/impeachable for
Clinton to have claimed executive privilege. He merely notes that
Clinton used it (extensively) along with a bunch of other tactics to
delay and impede the investigation.
- Frondeur
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