I wish I could just post the whole letter because it’s exactly what needs to be said. There is a lot of revisionist history going around — actually I wish this had been written and published during the Salem Witch Trial Presidential Campaign of 2016. It’s pretty absurd to anybody who lived through the Clinton years, because it was darn near impossible to NOT hear about Bill Clinton’s peccadillos, including at great length from the women involved and of course the Republicans who appointed Ken Starr who wasted years of taxpayer money and FINALLY got the desired result: Bill Clinton impeached. If that isn’t serious I don’t know what is.
Anyway, the attorney, David E. Kendall, says in part,
It is true that all victims matter, but facts matter as well. The “emerging revisionism” that Mr. Baker notes leads to an obscuring of the historical record. The matter involving Kathleen Willey was covered at length during the impeachment proceedings of 1998-99.
As to Paula Jones, her claim that her case was “not taken seriously” is simply not true. It was vigorously litigated over a period of four years, including an appeal to the Supreme Court. Full civil discovery was conducted, including a pretrial deposition of Mr. Clinton.
The trial judge then granted the president’s motion for summary judgment before trial and dismissed Ms. Jones’s case with prejudice, meaning that it could not be filed again. The judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to present to a jury. While the case was settled on appeal, there was no admission of wrongdoing.
As to Juanita Broaddrick, in 1998 she three times denied under oath that the president had assaulted her: in an affidavit, in sworn deposition testimony and in sworn deposition testimony reaffirming her affidavit. She apparently tried to recant her affidavit when interviewed by the independent counsel, Kenneth Starr. The independent counsel investigated the matter but did not bring charges. Ms. Broaddrick gave an interview on network TV in February 1999 stating her views at length.
He concludes by reminding us that listening to victims is important but so are the facts.
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