Referral's

The assertion that "[the President] simultaneously lied to potential grand jury witnesses" "[w] hile refusing to testify for seven months" is a gross distortion of the Referral's own citations.

The White House Rebuttal 2008

If this Committee is faithful to its predecessor, it will conclude that the Referral's allegations (and the perjury allegations in particular) do not satisfy the high threshold required to approve articles of impeachment.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

This fundamental and important fact -- that Ms. Lewinsky herself testified that the idea of Ms. Currie's involvement originated with Ms. Lewinsky (and not with the President) -- is nowhere to be found in the Referral's obstruction discussion.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

Indeed, closer inspection of the evidence contained in the appendices and supplements gives the lie to the Referral's theory and makes the following facts absolutely clear:

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

Under the Referral's theory, the OIC could have subpoenaed to the grand jury any citizen who heard the President's denial and thus have created a new violation of law.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

When the events leading up to Ms. Lewinsky's job offer are reconstructed in fuller detail,148/when the one-sidedness of the Referral's account is recognized, and when its crucial omissions are exposed, it becomes plain that there was no impropriety and no obstruction of justice in connection with her job search.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

Despite the Referral's suggestion to the contrary, there was no reason the President should not have spoken with Ms. Currie about Ms. Lewinsky.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

Indeed, the events of December and January (upon which the Referral's obstruction theory places such reliance) assume quite a different cast when the details are filled in.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

Here is the Referral's key passage, a chronology manifestly constructed to create a false impression of obstruction:

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998

The Referral's deceptive attempts to bind Ms. Currie to its version of events -- effected by misstatement and omission -- are significant.

Submission By Counsel For President Clinton To The Committee ITY National Archives 1998