Posted on 11/12/2002 11:45:16 PM PST by JohnHuang2
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that a defamation case brought by a former lover of ex-President Bill Clinton could move ahead into the discovery phase.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's decision, ruling that a defamation and conspiracy lawsuit filed by Gennifer Flowers against former first lady and now Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Democratic Party strategist James Carville and former White House communications director George Stephanopoulos may proceed.
The suit alleges that Clinton, along with Carville and Stephanopoulos, "embarked on a smear campaign to destroy Ms. Flowers' reputation," according to a statement released yesterday by Judicial Watch, the Washington, D.C.-based public-interest law firm handling Flowers' suit.
The suit alleges that Clinton and the other defendants "conspired to smear her with false accusations that Ms. Flowers 'doctored' tape recordings of Bill Clinton and that she lied about her affair with him," said the law firm.
"Gennifer Flowers claims that defendants knew she was telling the truth ... but accused her of being a liar and a fraud anyway," said the ruling, issued by Judge Alex Kozinski, writing on behalf of the three-judge appeals panel. "If Flowers' claims are true, her suit does not offend the First Amendment."
Flowers claims Stephanopoulos continued the defamation in his book, "All Too Human," when he published what she claims is false information about her.
"The appeals court ruled that no one is above the law and that Hillary Clinton and her cohorts cannot allegedly smear innocents such as Gennifer Flowers without consequence," said Larry Klayman, Judicial Watch chairman and chief counsel.
"Ms. Flowers is gratified to be back in court against those who did her so much damage," he added. "We look forward to deposing Hillary Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and James Carville under oath and holding them accountable to the full extent of the law at trial."
Reports of Flowers' sexual involvement with then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton surfaced during his first run for president in 1991.
Mr. Clinton initially denied that he had a multi-year relationship with Flowers, but later admitted to it.
If only the voters had listened to Gennifer Flowers back in 1992 before Bubba worked her over, we'd never have had to worry about him having brought the White House's reputation to a low undreamed of in American history.
My exact thoughts. Well put.
What a bunch of phonies.
And from the 9th Circuit to boot?!!
Somebody must've reamed the 9th Circuit judges real good behind closed doors over all those reversed rulings. Maybe they're scared of looking 'leftist' these days.
Quick!! Get JimRob and FR back in for another hearing!!
"Ms. Flowers is gratified to be back in court against those who did her so much damage," he added. "We look forward to deposing Hillary Clinton, George Stephanopoulos and James Carville under oath and holding them accountable to the full extent of the law at trial."
There is/was so much about the Clinton crime family that I find offensive, but near the top of that very long list is their unending flaunting of justice. Ms. Flowers isn't the only one who is gratified to see this back in the courts. I need to have the balance of justice restored, even in some small measure. She even had audio tapes of the bent one admitting it all, but it wasn't enough and she and the innocents around her suffered up close and personal, down and dirty Clintonism.
Don't get me wrong, she committed adultry, one of the Ten Big Ones, and she appears to have paid a price for it. But adultry takes at least two (or many as with the Clinton crime family and the inevitable extortions, coverups, and official denials), and she's the only one who seems to have paid. I wish her well and hope that this time justice prevails.
Klayman and Judicial Watch sue the Solar System: "Stop The World, I Want To Get Off!"
Still being,
He has brought more justice to the left wing than Asscroft. I beleive that Asscroft is afraid of Hitlery and the left wing after the spanking they gave him at his hearing. What a sissy!!
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