Quote:
President Is Denied Executive Privilege
By Peter Baker and Susan Schmidt
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 6, 1998;
A federal judge has ruled that President Clinton cannot use the power of his office to block prosecutors from questioning his senior aides, rejecting Clinton's assertion of executive privilege in the Monica S. Lewinsky investigation, lawyers familiar with the decision said yesterday.
In a ruling issued under court seal Monday, Chief U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson concluded that independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's need to collect evidence in his obstruction of justice probe outweighs Clinton's interest in preserving the confidentiality of White House discussions, the lawyers said.
The decision made Clinton the first president to take a claim of executive privilege to court and lose since the dramatic Watergate showdown in 1974, when the Supreme Court unanimously ordered Richard M. Nixon to turn over the secret Oval Office tapes that ultimately led to his resignation. Clinton's case also seems headed for the high court as sources indicated that the White House likely will appeal.
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As it would seem those supporting Bush, generally revert to comparing the misdeeds of Bill Clinton as a defense, I ask them to make this comparison in good faith. Personally, I fully agreed with the court ruling, and felt he had no right to block the investigation (whitewater) though I kinda giggled over the Lewinsky scandal. Clinton was denied executive privilege, just as Nixon was before him when the investigation became serious.
Please explain why it is that you can support one mans privilege.....and not the others.
Hmmm....33 views and not a single comment. Could it be that those continuously bringing up Clinton to defend Bush are speechless?
Somehow....I doubt it very much.