| Do you know why Bill Clinton could be called as a witness?
Come with me now to Fantasyland. They play the Reggie tape in which Rosen is heard saying that "the President" called him practically every other day. The lawyer asks Rosen on the stand what they talked about. Rosen burns Bill. He says that Bill gave him instructions on how to bury the expenses so as to maximize the 'hard money' take from the event. If the jury believes this, they are now sympathetic to Rosen, and see him as a fall guy. Rosen has also "cleared" Hillary to the extent that he can. This is David Kendall at his best. Would Bill take the rap for Hillary? He doesn't have to. He gets on the stand and says, "Shucks, we just talked about women." Everybody suspects Bill is lying, but the damage has been done. So Rosen walks, Hillary is cleared by Rosen, and Bill is still that lovable rogue. I don't expect expect good news from this Rosen trial. If there's any good news to be had, it will come out of the civil suit coming from Peter Paul and USJF. In that one, they both will be called to testify, and there are some Interesting Documents for them to answer questions about. |
No. The defense counsel only asked the judge not to tell the jury that Bill Clinton would not be called, because he hasn't decided on his witnesses yet. So the judge did that.