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Independent Counsel: Leak Claim Fake
By Pete Yost
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999; 2:42 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON –– Independent Counsel Robert Ray says the White
House is trying to undermine his investigation of the president and first lady
by wrongly accusing Ray's office of leaking information to the media.
In an appearance last Thursday on CNN's "Larry King Live," President
Clinton was asked about a Washington Post story that said the Clintons
were considering seeking government reimbursement for their legal fees.
Clinton denied that he is considering that and added:
"I think that it (the story) was leaked from the independent counsel's
office. That's the way the story read to me."
"That claim is false," Ray responded in a statement Friday. "This is yet
another attempt, in an ongoing effort by the White House, to impugn the
integrity of a duly constituted law enforcement investigation through false
accusations."
Ray's statement was his first public criticism of a comment by the
president.
Ray said that White House spokesman Joe Lockhart was told
"authoritatively" before Clinton made the allegation in his taped TV
interview that prosecutors were not the source of the leak.
Asked Sunday about Ray's statement, Jim Kennedy of the White House
counsel's office said Ray's office had not contacted Lockhart.
"We're doing our job working on the nation's business" and "they should
stick to doing their job," said Kennedy.
Ray's office has several tasks before it – including a final report on the
Whitewater investigation and a decision on whether to seek indictment of
the president after he leaves office regarding his sworn statements in the
first six months of 1998 regarding former White House intern Monica
Lewinsky. Clinton finally admitted to a sexual relationship with Ms.
Lewinsky after seven months of denials.
Ray's predecessor, Ken Starr, frequently complained that his office was
falsely accused by the White House of leaking news stories that actually
originated from the president's camp.
© Copyright 1999 The Associated Press[/quote]
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>
Independent Counsel: Leak Claim Fake
By Pete Yost
Associated Press Writer
Sunday, Dec. 26, 1999; 2:42 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON –– Independent Counsel Robert Ray says the White
House is trying to undermine his investigation of the president and first lady
by wrongly accusing Ray's office of leaking information to the media.
In an appearance last Thursday on CNN's "Larry King Live," President
Clinton was asked about a Washington Post story that said the Clintons
were considering seeking government reimbursement for their legal fees.
Clinton denied that he is considering that and added:
"I think that it (the story) was leaked from the independent counsel's
office. That's the way the story read to me."
"That claim is false," Ray responded in a statement Friday. "This is yet
another attempt, in an ongoing effort by the White House, to impugn the
integrity of a duly constituted law enforcement investigation through false
accusations."
Ray's statement was his first public criticism of a comment by the
president.
Ray said that White House spokesman Joe Lockhart was told
"authoritatively" before Clinton made the allegation in his taped TV
interview that prosecutors were not the source of the leak.
Asked Sunday about Ray's statement, Jim Kennedy of the White House
counsel's office said Ray's office had not contacted Lockhart.
"We're doing our job working on the nation's business" and "they should
stick to doing their job," said Kennedy.
Ray's office has several tasks before it – including a final report on the
Whitewater investigation and a decision on whether to seek indictment of
the president after he leaves office regarding his sworn statements in the
first six months of 1998 regarding former White House intern Monica
Lewinsky. Clinton finally admitted to a sexual relationship with Ms.
Lewinsky after seven months of denials.
Ray's predecessor, Ken Starr, frequently complained that his office was
falsely accused by the White House of leaking news stories that actually
originated from the president's camp.
© Copyright 1999 The Associated Press[/quote]
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