Posted on 06/02/2005 4:28:29 PM PDT by CHARLITE
President Bill Clinton told NBC's Brian Williams tonight charges brought against him by the House of Representatives were false, contradicting a plea bargain deal he made with Independent Counsel Robert Ray that he admit he gave false testimony under oath to a federal grand jury.
In a blistering attack on Ray's predecessor, Kenneth Starr, Clinton accused the independent counsel of persecuting innocent people, indicting them because they wouldn't lie and assaulting the Constitution.
"I was acquitted," he told Williams. "And ... the charges that the House sent to the Senate were false. So I did a bad thing. I made a bad personal mistake. I paid a big price for it. But I was acquitted because the charges were false."
There was no follow-up by Williams.
The articles of impeachment passed by the House in 1998 included the accusation that he lied under oath. Yet, Clinton admitted Jan. 19, 2001, as part of his deal with Ray, he had lied under oath while testifying about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
"I tried to walk a fine line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely," he said in a written statement. "But I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish that goal and that certain of my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false.
Yeah, nothing like reminding the nation of the parade of scandals that were the Clinton Presidency, as Mdm. Hillary prepares her own take-over.
Since he backed out of his end of the deal, I think the records that are supposed to be sealed for 50 years should be released.
Again?
I did so want to believe him.
I'm sure there was a subsequent segment that NBC didn't air which had Williams slipping on a pair of kneepads and.......
True, but you also perjured yourself, and obstructed justice in lying in a deposition involving a case in which you were the defendant.
(Still perpetuating the lie that it was "all about sex.")
"I'm sure there was a subsequent segment that NBC didn't air which had Williams slipping on a pair of kneepads and......."
Were these used and stained knee pads borrowed from Monica?
What's that old saying about making a deal with the devil?
No, Brian Williams, as do most liberal journalists, have more than one set of Clinton kneepads all their own! ROFLMAO
Not a lawyer, but this is a special case. I'd say this plea agreement was basically a fig-leaf for both sides. It allowed the situation to de-escalate while appearing to reach a definitive conclusion.
As a practical matter, you can never reach a permanent, honorable deal with a rascal like Clinton. He's way too slippery.
Your tagline: "Well, a Democratic socialist ...is basically a liberal Democrat" - Howard Dean - DNC Chairman
I'm not a fan of Democratic Socialists or liberal Democrats, but you're using an ellipse to change what Dean said. He said that Bernie Sanders calls himself a Democratic Socialist but is really more of a liberal Democrat.
There are far worse sins than taking Howard Dean out of context, but we have the facts on our side; no need not to play it straight.
Nice going Billy, keep refreshing the public's memory of your foibles, they might forget otherwise.......
..I don't think so---an acquittal means to "pronounce someone NOT GUILTY" --- I don't think anyone (except Bubba, in his own mind) would say that Clinton was NOT GUILTY...
I think though, if he wants to open up this case again, by these remarks, we should get to "try" him again..
Well, if he were breaking the plea agreement as the title indicates, that last quotation certainly contradicts. Clinton said certain of my statements were false. Given that those false statements were under oath, I'd say that's an admission of perjury.
Clinton interviews make my eyes glaze over. He speaks a lot, contradicts himself, and in the end says nothing. To liberals this is a sign of "high intelligence". He just looks like a slick huckster to me.
No I think it should read Bill Clinton is lying when he denies that he "told the truth" about his lying.
Yup, after a trial on the facts. It was no such thing. He thinks our memories are much shorter, and our knowledge much flimsier than they are.
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