republicans made clear that the legal battle was far from over. impeachment was not going away. i see us proceeding with our hearings, getting a bill of impeachment on the table, and then if we have the majority votes, getting it to the floor, asking the speaker to call back the members for a vote. if we didn t do everything we had to prepare a case and bring it to the public and ultimately to the house and senate, we would be judged poorly by history. he engaged in this behavior as president of the united states, and therefore, the american people have a right to see what the evidence is against him. my name is jeff sheldon,
six-day trip through asia. the brewing storm back home would not wait for his return. all eyes were on judge kenneth starr, who had been called before the impassioned, bitterly divided house judiciary committee. the day judge starr testified was really grueling for him. it was very long. i really was not seeking to testify. we had set forth what the office had to say in the referral, but that was a political judgment by the judiciary committee, and of course i respected that. it was really the first opportunity for the american people to see who is ken starr? and to evaluate him. starr began his daylong testimony with a two-hour explanation of the investigation and the lies that it uncovered. the president testified that he did not know that vernon jordan had met with ms. lewinsky and talked about the jones case. that was untrue. he testified that he could not recall being alone with ms. lewinsky. that was untrue.
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the deposition in the jones case. he was going to be asked about monica lewinsky. by early january 1998, the investigations of the clinton administration by ken starr s office of the independent counsel appeared to be petering out. the whitewater investigation was slowing down. we had some things to finish up, but they were not very active. but suddenly, everything changed. something was abuzz in the office. jackie bennett and paul rosenzweig and various others were obviously involved in something. paul rosenzweig is a lawyer who was working on rose law firm issues. on january 8th, rosenzweig was invited to dinner with a former law-school classmate, jerome markus, along with attorneys richard porter and george conway. all of whom, apparently,
believable, very sincere, and that was, of course, very different from the way the democrats had demonized him. of course, democrats were less impressed. ken starr s testimony, at the end of the day, was a nothing burger. if there was ever an opportunity to change the arc of that fall, that day was it. and he didn t accomplish it. judge starr was cross-examined by david kendall, president clinton s lawyer, and endured hour after hour of questions from committee members. democrats demanded to know why his referral focused only on lying about sex. it is clear to me that if this case, as it seems to be, and as it seems clear to me, is only about sex and lying about sex, that it will never be found impeachable by congress. nor should it be. they tried to turn the tables and shift the focus from the president to the independent counsel. we did get him to say many, many times, i don t recall. and part of the case that he