Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [503]
“Should I have a lawyer?”: Lewinsky did not, according to Emmick, say, “I want to talk to my lawyer.” Nor did she indicate whether she viewed Carter as her lawyer for any purpose other than having drafted the affidavit (Michael Emmick, interview by author).
“If you want”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
“to hire Vernon Jordon as”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
Her proof was simple: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author; Monica Lewinsky to author, 26 Jan. 2009.
she received a page on her cell phone: Morton, Monica’s Story, 179.
Some colleagues: Michael Emmick, interview by author; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 37.
“it was a law enforcement”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Monica sat down on the bed: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
She and her mother: Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author.
If she didn’t return: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
it was now time to bring: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
So Starr’s chief deputy was summoned: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“the energy in the room”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
“she was a mess”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“We’re not going to sugarcoat”: Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 41.
“Look, Monica, you’re smart”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author; Morton, Monica’s Story, 179.
“I don’t remember”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“What has been referred”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author; Michael Emmick, interview by author.
Monica found Bennett to be “condescending”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author, and follow-up interview by author; Morton, Monica’s Story, 180.
“I promise I won’t blurt”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
Agent Fallon sat: Jackie Bennett, interview by author; Morton, Monica’s Story, 179.
“It was silly”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“I can’t talk”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author; Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author.
“She’s stringing us out”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“It’s appalling to me”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
“What do we do”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“If you’re not going to let”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
“I would have tried”: Morton, Monica’s Story, 181; Monica Lewinsky, interview by author. Ironically, at the same time these events were occurring, Susan Carpenter-McMillan—who was picking out a new suit in the same mall for Paula Jones to wear at the next day’s deposition of the president.
“She [Monica] was crying”: Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author.
“I was hysterical”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
Chapter 29: The Avuncular Mr. Ginsburg
“We have your daughter”: Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author; Michael Emmick, interview by author.
So when Irons began talking down: Michael Emmick, interview by author. Emmick later conceded, “And ‘talk to my lawyer’ is awfully darn close to ‘I want to talk to my lawyer.’” Even Emmick himself, after evaluating all the facts, later concluded, “I was a little troubled by that,” ibid.; Morton, Monica’s Story, 17–18.
Fallon asked how they might reach: Morton, Monica’s Story, 183; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 42; Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 315; Michael Emmick, interview by author.
Jackie Bennett, still in the adjoining room: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
Starr’s team offered: Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 41; Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
The agents and prosecutors were clearly suspicious: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“I never viewed her”: Bruce Udolf, interview by author.
“What about my mom?”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“Oh, we’ve made”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
she began examining house hold goods: Michael Emmick, interview by author; Monica Lewinsky to author, 26 Jan. 2009.
Jackie Bennett later chastised: Jackie Bennett, interview by author. In fact, Monica Lewinsky did recount this story in her book. Her biographer wrote that she went to the