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To: GovernmentShrinker
"Is it illegal for a young White House intern to accept an invitation from the President of the United States to come into the Oval Office and give him a blow job?"

No. And, that's not why Clinton was impeached. Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about the affair in a unrelated civil matter. It's my recollection that Lewinsky may have been in some criminal jeopardy for either lying to investors (which is a federal crime), or helping to mislead or obstruct investigators about the affair. Also, there was some speculation that her mother (name escapes) may have instructed and coached her to give misleading or inaccurate information in her grand jury testimony.

Whatever the reason(s) Lewisnky and her mother needed immunity, it was most certainly granted. After a bout of fire-the-attorney, Lewinsky finally settled on Plato Cocheris who negotiated both immunity agreements at the same time - Lewsinsky's cooperation with prosecutes (remember, up until that point, she was an uncooperative witness), was predicated entirely on her and her mother receiving immunity.

More can be read here...

Key Player: Monica S. Lewinsky

60 posted on 12/17/2009 2:33:08 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: GovernmentShrinker
That should have read..

It's my recollection that Lewinsky may have been in some criminal jeopardy for either lying to investigators....

61 posted on 12/17/2009 2:39:34 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand

Thanks. I’ll try to read up on it later. I just can’t quite see anybody trying to prosecute a young White House intern over something like this. So she lied to investigators — she felt she had to lie to protect the lying President of the United States/Commander-in-Chief! Same with the mother, who could reasonably claim she was scared of retaliation against herself and/or her daughter, if she said anything the Clintons didn’t want her to say. The stakes were high and any rational personal would be considering the risk of “Arkancide”.


62 posted on 12/17/2009 2:40:26 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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