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Wednesday • February
Jail possible for Lewinsky if she
refuses to talk before grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — Monica Lewinsky faces sev
eral choices, none of them pretty, now that she has
been summoned to testify before a grand jury with
out full immunity from prosecution.
If she invokes the Fifth Amendment, she could still
be ordered to testify with limited immunity.
If she still refuses to talk, she could end up in jail
like Whitewater figure Susan McDougal, who has been
behind bars since 1996.
“It’s a chess game with each side looking for an ad
vantage on the next move,” Neal Sonnett, a Miami
criminal defense lawyer, said.
“I don't think she’s got a whole lot of good options,”
Drake University law professor Hunter R. Clark said.
Independent counsel Kenneth Starr subpoenaed
Lewinsky to testify Thursday about an alleged affair
with President Clinton and cover-up. Her lawyer,
William Ginsburg, has accused Starr of reneging on an
agreement to give her full immunity from prosecution
in exchange for her testimony.
Without full immunity, legal observers say, events
could well follow the same path as in many other
cases with reluctant witnesses: Lewinsky could
refuse to testify, relying on her Fifth Amendment
protection against self-incrimination. Starr could
then get a court order requiring her to testify under
limited immunity. And then, she could either testi
fy or prepare for probable jail time.
Ginsburg said Tuesday his client will appear in
court when she is required to do so and will not defy
a court order. Failure to show would mean a con
tempt ruling and jail.
“She will do what she has to given the situation
she finds herself in,” Ginsburg said. "She will not go
to jail like Susan McDougal. She has no intention of
falling on her sword. On the other hand, she will ex
ercise all of her constitutional rights.”
A full immunity agreement still might be worked
out before Lewinsky’s grand jury appearance. By
summoning Lewinsky to testify, Starr is “ratcheting
things up” and could pressure Ginsburg for a deal
more to prosecutors’ liking,” said former federal
prosecutor Barbara Nicastro.
Under limited immunity, her own testimony
could not be used against her, but she still could
face criminal charges based on other evidence.
People who testify under limited immunity gener
ally are more reticent than those who cooperate
under full immunity.
Temple University law professor Edward Ohlbaum
said that no matter what kind of immunity Lewinsky
might receive, “I don’t think she’s going to be a willing
witness under any circumstance at this point, and I
think (Starr) understands that.”
Satcher confirmed as Surgeon Gei
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr.
David Satcher, who rose from an
impoverished childhood in rural Al
abama to head the Centers for Dis
ease Control, overcame conserva
tive objections to win confirmation
as surgeon general Tuesday.
He fills a high-profile but polit
ically risky job that has been va
cant for more than three years as
President Clinton searched for
someone who could speak with
authority on public health and also
win Senate approval.
“This is an American dream
come true,” Satcher, 56, said in a
statement, “to go from a humble
farm in Anniston, Ala., to the office
of surgeon general, to have the
chance to serve the country I love,
and to earn the confidence of so
many leaders I honor and respect.”
Satcher was approved on a bi
partisan 63-35 vote despite argu
ments by some conservatives that
his positions on abortion and other
issues rendered him unfit.
President Clinton did not direct
ly acknowledge the criticism but
called Satcher “a mainstream physi
cian who is an eloquent advocate
for the health of all Americans.”
“No one is better qualified than Dr.
Satcher to be America’s doctor,” Clin
ton said in a statement after the vote.
He said Satcher will be "a leading
voice” in the effort to pass compre
hensive tobacco legislation this year.
On Friday morning, Satcher will be
sworn in as both surgeon general and
assistant secretary of the Department
“No one is better
qualified than Dr.
Satcher to be
Americas doctor.”
Bill Clinton
U.S. President
of Health and Human Services.
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mands little inherent power, but it
serves as the nation’s top bully pulpit
on public health issues. Past surgeons
general have focused the nation’s at
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