"...She had guts which is easy to have when you don’t have anything to hide."
When the President Testified: People in the Room Recall Clinton’s 1998 Interrogation
By Peter Baker
May 29, 2018
The date was Aug. 17, 1998. President Bill Clinton testified before a grand jury. Twenty years later, people in the room and those waiting nearby share their memories. President Bill Clinton in the Map Room of the White House on Aug. 17, 1998. Mr. Clinton made a statement to the American people about his relationship with Monica S. Lewinsky.
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SOSNIK: We were in the Solarium. He had given his testimony and then he met with his lawyers before the political guys came up. We then had the political guys, myself and Paul [Begala] and James and I think John [Podesta], maybe.
LOCKHART: There was what I call the contrite school of thought, which was take responsibility for his part of this, he’s doing the job and that’s what he would keep doing. And there was a school of thought that now is the time to use the biggest stage available to anyone and take a swipe at the independent counsel in the process.
SOSNIK: I advocated for contrition, lance the boil, get out, say it and let’s be done with it and try to move on.
BILL CLINTON: Everyone knew I had to admit that I had made an awful mistake and had tried to hide it. The question was whether I should also take a shot at Starr’s investigation and say it was time to end it. The virtually unanimous opinion was that I should not.
And her husband, though he accepted he was guilty, had the guts to testify voluntarily. And didn't attempt to obstruct justice nearly as much as Trump has been doing. Not nearly as grievously as Trump continues to do.