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Drudge Report ^ | January 15, 1998 | Matt Drudge

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So, how could Clinton have been blindsided by the Lewinsky questions from the Paula Jones lawyers at his deposition that Saturday?

I think it was Bob Bennett who was blindsided, not Clinton. The White House staff (esp. Evelyn Lieberman and Nancy Hernreich) was already worried about Lewinsky.

Excerpt from Washington Post - February 23, 1998 -

Clinton Team Picks Apart Jones's Life

For all of their preparations, the lawyers were kept in the dark about important matters. Clinton did not tell Bennett that he met with Lewinsky at the White House on Dec. 28 even as she was considering how to respond to the Jones subpoena. The president's close friend, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., did not mention that he was trying to help Lewinsky find a job at the request of Clinton's personal secretary, Betty Currie, and reportedly with the president's knowledge. And Clinton did not clear it with Bennett or anyone else when he summoned Currie, then a likely witness in the Jones case, the day after his Jan. 17 deposition to compare recollections about his ties to Lewinsky. Associates report that Bennett was furious about being blindsided, but he declined to discuss the issue for this article.