Posted on 03/20/2002 5:35:17 PM PST by kattracks
Former chief House impeachment prosecutor David Schippers revealed Wednesday that he helped write Clinton sex assault accuser Kathleen Willey's scathing rebuttal to Independent Counsel Robert Ray's Monica Lewinsky report.
"I wrote that and I'm proud of it," Schippers said, in an exclusive interview with NewsMax.com. "I was just appalled at (Ray's) final report."
"This is nonsense..... This is absolute garbage," the lead impeachment prosecutor protested, referring to the Ray Report's claim that Willey was an "unreliable witness."
"I had two of my top investigators with me when I first talked to Kathleen Willey long before the final impeachment argument," Schippers recalled. After a grueling four-and-a-half hour interrogation, the veteran prosecutor and his colleagues agreed: "That woman is telling the God's honest truth," Schippers told NewsMax.
"When she testified for us prior to the impeachment, I gave her my word that if ever anybody attacked her I'd be there to stand up," he added. "I will stand by that woman until the day I die."
When Robert Ray trashed the key Monicagate witness in his report - which Willey found out about when it was previewed for comment by witnesses who were mentioned (as required by the now defunct independent counsel statute) - she contacted Schippers.
Both Willey and her new husband Bill Schweicker were shocked and distressed that the Office of Independent Counsel would attempt to discredit her, after she'd been completely cooperative despite being dragged into the case against her will.
Schippers' rebuttal, which is attached to Ray's final Monica Lewinsky report and is now part of the permanent OIC Whitewater record, reflected Willey's anger.
"The Report is both misleading and destitute of facts to support the conclusions of the OIC concerning the alleged 'problems' with the credibility of Kathleen Willey," the impeachment prosecutor wrote.
"It is obvious that, for one reason or another, the OIC has elected to forego indicting William Jefferson Clinton for perjury, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. That is a decision peculiarly in the discretion of the prosecutor," Schippers continued. (See: Kathleen Willey Blasts Independent Counsel's Lewinsky Report)
Noting Ray's rationale for not indicting Clinton - that he'd been punished enough through fines and the suspension of his law license - the one-time mob buster for Robert Kennedy told NewsMax, "The guy gave up his license for five years because the alternative was to lose it altogether."
"To say he's already been punished - when Judge Wright found that he lied under oath in a deposition and only fined him $90,000," Schippers said, "He should have been put in jail right there."
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Never mind that voting for CFR further erodes our Constitutional Rights, President Bush had a great tie on today, together with a smart-looking suit. So let's talk about that instead of those other bothersome issues that make us unhappy.
"I love it when they're color coordinated, and I especially love it when the President and First Lady are with kids."
Only the biggest dorks color coordinate with each other.
Shame on all who allow them to continue the disgrace they bring to the ideals stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
A vote for any Republican or Democrat is a vote for globalism and renouncing national sovereignity.
Because he doesn't have to waste political capital on a has-been scumbag like Klink. The law will catch up with him sooner or later, either in the form of his very-own appointed Mary Jo White, or the Devil himself. Or somewhere in between. I wouldn't be surprised to see him arrested for something shady, sleazy or down right murderous SINCE he's been President. Don't worry, Clinton will rot in Hell in the worst possible way, and he's already secretly worrying about it. Best let him stew.
I CAN HARDLY WAIT!!!!! (how about you?)
It is Pathetic, isn't it?
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And Dubya will have no problem articulating his 'vision thing' to the sheeple, right?
I agree with you that Bill Clinton cannot escape the hell for which he is bound - unless a true miracle took place - which I do not expect. There are too many dead bodies.
But Hillary Clinton is another matter. She still has the full intention to do a Marxist make-over of this nation.
The thing that will bring the remarks from future historians will not be that Bill Clinton escaped unimprisoned - but that Hellary Clinton did....much to the demise and destruction of our country and thousands if not millions of human beings.
Yayyyyyy! Oh goodie, I just can't wait until the next Bush photo album to come out...I wonder what great-looking suit he will wear next, and one even has a more entertaining time trying to figure out his next tie. Will it be navy blue, red, grey, or that fetching shade of baby blue that everyone seems to be wearing these days? Or will he be the next fashion break-through and wear a pink tie? You know, the ones that are all over Polo Ralph Lauren now.
If you ask me, perhaps he could pimp up his wardrobe more and put a little more bling-bling into his style. You know, wear a bright red suit like Puffy Combs and perhaps start wearing those big gold chains with his initials. Wouldn't that send an interesting fashion message both the nation and to those mean terrorists?
The search function now goes back to the beginning... :):):) BTW - The pictures in the link are broken, but for all the ones I took, you can go here.
Do ya' think a White Panama Hat might dress up the outfit for today?
I think vince foster or ron brown could prolly answer that....
Just what will the next theme for George W. Bush's Wardrobe be? We will just have to wait and see from the next A Day In the Life... Thread. The anticipation is almost overwhelming.
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