Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [515]
“It was the nadir, as far”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
He would stand tough: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Judge George Howard in Little Rock: McDougal and Harris, The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, 305–14, 323, 326.
In a swift one-two punch: Memorandum Opinion, United States v. Hubbell et al., Criminal Action No. 98–0151 (Robertson, J.), 1 July 1998; “The Hubbell Case: Excerpts from a Federal Court’s Dismissal of the Hubbell Tax Evasion Case,” New York Times, 2 July 1998; Stephen Labaton, “The Hubbell Case: The Overview; In Slap at Starr a Judge Dismisses Hubbell Tax Case,” New York Times, 2 July 1998.
“It’s a good day”: Stephen Labaton, “The Hubbell Case.”
the Secret Service issue: James Bennett, “Testing of a President: The Ruling; Judge Rejects Bid to Cite ‘Privilege’ in Clinton Inquiry,” New York Times, 23 May 1998, A1; Order, in Re: Grand Jury Proceedings, 22 May 1998.
“The Secret Service is a dry hole”: Lew Merletti, interview by author.
Now, as the walls seemed to be crumbling down: Ken Starr, interview by author; Jackie Bennett, interview by author; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 140–41.
“I think he [Holder] meant to”: Ken Starr, interview by author.
“fire him immediately”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
Chapter 41: Monica’s Truth
“You can’t lie contemporaneously for 20 hours”: CNN Transcript, Larry King Live, Lucianne Goldberg, “Investigating the President: Lucianne Goldberg Talks About Linda Tripp and the Tapes,” Larry King Live, CNN, 30 June 1998, transcript, 6–7.
Tripp’s journey to: Elaine Scolino and Don Van Natta, Jr., “Testing of a President: The Confidant; Linda Tripp, Elusive Keeper of Secrets, Mainly Her Own,” New York Times, 15 Mar. 1998.
“The vicious personal attacks against me”: Linda R. Tripp, statement, issued by James A. Moody, 30 Jan. 1998.
With her frizzy blond hair pulled back: Evan Thomas and Michael Isikoff, “The Tripp Trap?” Newsweek, 13 July 1998, 22.
The first order of business: Evidentiary Record, vol. 4, part 3, 4033–34.
Tripp hedged her bets: Ibid., 4168.
Telephonically, there were no bounds to: Ibid., 4099.
These steps, she said, were an “insurance policy”: Ibid., 4286–87.
In a final remarkable confession, Tripp admitted: Ibid., 4335–36.
His overriding concern, as a former federal judge: Ken Starr, interview by author.
Even Bob Bittman, whom Starr himself had: Robert J. Bittman, interview by author.
Starr recognized that he had lost the battle with: Ken Starr, interview by author.
the grand jury “simply can wait no”: Robert J. Bittman to David E. Kendall, 17 July 1998, Kendall papers.
Bittman also attached an advice-of-rights form: Subpoena to: William Jefferson Clinton, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 17 July 1998, Kendall papers; Robert J. Bittman, interview by author.
After being driven by the FBI: Plato Cache ris, interview by author.
“Plato and I have at least one”: Outline for Meeting, 9 June 1998, Plato Cacheris papers.
Cacheris and Stein, both of whom: Plato Cacheris, interview by author.
they could not accept “a pig in a poke”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author. See also Robert Bittman to Jacob Stein and Plato Cacheris, 15 June 1998, Plato Cacheris papers.
“We weren’t going to play that game”: Plato Cacheris, interview by author.
Dash fancied himself as an ombudsman: Ibid.; Sam Dash, interview by author; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 203–204.
It was true: Paul Rosenzweig, interview by author.
One memo prepared solely for the eyes: Matthew Umhofer to Lewinsky File, 7 July 1998, Lewinsky papers.
“Her exposure was the affidavit”: Plato Cacheris, interview by author.
“This may be the time”: “Memo Concerning Present Status,” undated, Lewinsky papers.
Surveying the Dashes’ flower garden: Sam Dash, interview by author.
As the opposing lawyers strode to their cars: Notes, author’s visit to Sara Dash home; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 204.
The meeting at “Grandma’s house”: Plato Cacheris,