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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a
move that could have subjected
him to questions
about his own fi
delity and credi
bility, President
Clinton had
agreed to testify
as a defense wit
ness at the sex-
and-lies trial of
former Housing
Secretary Henry
CLINTON
Cisneros, lawyers said.
The president was prepared to
tell jurors he knew — before nam
ing Cisneros to the housing post
in 1993 — that the prospective
Cabinet member had made pay
ments to an ex-mistress, lawyers
familiar with the situation said.
Clinton did not think the past af
fair should disqualify Cisneros,
the lawyers old the Associated
Press.
Sept. 22 had been cleared on
the president’s schedule for his
testimony, which likely would
have occurred at a location away
from the trial such as the White
House, the lawyers said.
Cisneros struck a last-minute plea
bargain, and there was no trial.
The lawyers, who spoke only
on condition of anonymity, said
they understood the risks of let
ting Clinton inject himself into a
sex case so soon after his own im
peachment trial, but they said he
made clear he wanted to do it.
Cisneros, who resigned in
1996, was charged with mislead
ing the FBI during his background
investigation about the size of
payments he made to ex-mistress
Linda Jones.
Clinton was prepared to tell ju
rors that Cisneros had disclosed
the affair and the payments to
him in 1993 and that the presi-
Doctor to stand trial
for murders, fraud
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A
Texas doctor charged with five mur
ders will also stand trial on 22 fed
eral charges of prescription fraud.
Dr. Robert Allen Weitzel, 43, ap
peared in U.S. District Court on
Wednesday before Magistrate
Judge Samuel Alba for arraignment
on the 22 counts handed up two
weeks £go by a federal grand jury.
Weitzel pleaded not guilty to
all counts.
Alba scheduled a trial for Nov. 22.
Weitzel has posted $100,000 bail
after being arrested last week in Bay
City, Texas, so the judge allowed
him to remain free until the trial.
According to the indictment,
Weitzel prescribed morphine and
Demerol for six different patients in
1995, but instead of administering
the drug, he kept it for himself on
22 separate occasions.
Weitzel is accused of pocketing
800 milligrams of Demerol and 360
milligrams of morphine.
Also on Wednesday, Weitzel
also made his initial appearance in
a Davis County courtroom on five
murder charges.
Davis County prosecutors said
Weitzel overmedicated five elderly
patients who died within a two-
week period at Davis Hospital and
Medical Center in late 1995 and
early 1996. He has a preliminary
hearing on those charges Jan. 27.
Weitzel, a psychiatrist, saw
about 35 patients a month at the
Red Butte Clinic near the Universi
ty of Utah. He most recently
worked in senior care at Matagor
da General Hospital in Bay City.
The Division of Occupational
and Professional Licensing sus
pended Weitzel’s license last
month after he ignored a Physi
cians Licensing Board order to reg
ister for a psychiatric examination
at clinic in Topeka, Kan.
The Texas hospital suspended
his privileges last week pending
resolution of the criminal charges
filed against him.
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dent weighed those issues and did
not think Cisneros should be dis
qualified, one lawyer said.
Clinton’s testimony, however,
would not have addressed the
core allegation of whether Cis
neros was truthful about the ex
act size of the payments to Jones.
The president had no recollec
tion of precisely how much the
payments that Cisneros mentioned
might have been, another lawyer
familiar with the situation said.
Although there were earlier
overtures, Cisneros’ lawyers for
mally asked the president to testi
fy a few months ago.
Stephen Cillers, a New York
University law professor, said
Clinton’s appearance at the trial
would have been a “double-edged
sword” for both the defendant
and star witness.
“Every defendant looks to call
people that have credibility,
charisma and fame in order to im
press the jury, so that would have
been terrific,” Cillers said.
But Clinton probably would
have faced a grueling cross-exam
ination about his affair with Mon
ica Lewinsky and the fact that he
was the first sitting president ever
to be fined for lying in a court
case, Cillers said.
A judge fined Clinton more
than $80,000 for false testimony
in the Paula Jones sexual harass
ment lawsuit.
“Prosecutors would have been
able to introduce evidence of Clin
ton’s own falsity under oath and
his misleading statements to the
American people," Cillers said.
“Frankly, if I were a lawyer for
a client prepared to do that, I
would tell him his conduct is
reckless,” Cillers said. “It may be
the pinnacle of friendship, but it
is entirely self-destructive.”
Kansas State president apologizesfmy
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AUSTIN (AP) — Kansas State
University President Jon Wefald
yesterday apologized for a letter
he wrote to an online publica
tion that said the University of
Texas represents “incredible
wealth and arrogance. ”
“The letter certainly was not
meant to offend anyone in Texas or
the University of Texas,” Wefald
said in his apology, which Kansas
State released.
“I have great admiration for the
people of Tbxas and the University
of Texas, which is certainly one of
the greatest academic institutions
in the nation and world. Again, l
apologize. ”
Wefald wrote this week to a
reporter at the online edition of
The Sporting News in response to
a column that called Kansas
State "pompous" and said the
Bush disagrees with GOPs
BUSH
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — In a rare dispute with
Congress, Republican presidential candidate
George W. Bush criticized a GOP
plan to squeeze money from a pro
gram for the working poor to meet
budget targets.
He also signaled his displeasure
with trends that suggest Congress
may exceed spending limits in
place since the 1997 balanced-
budget deal.
“I don’t think they ought to bal
ance their budget on the backs of
the poor,” said the two-term Texas governor and
Republican presidential front-runner.
The GOP-led Congress is mulling several book
keeping gimmicks to break a deadlock over spending
priorities in time for Friday’s start of the fiscal year.
One proposal accepted by Republican House
leaders would produce $8 million in savings by
spreading the earned income tax credit over 12
monthly payments rather than the lump sum now
paid with tax refunds.
Democrats say the tactic would be unfair, be
cause it would siphon money from working fami
lies who earn less than $30,000 a year. Bush agreed.
“I’m concerned about the earned income tax
credit,” Bush said, who is trying to build an elec
tion coalition by blending traditional conservative
values with moderate rhetoric.
"I’m concerned for someone who is moving
from near-poverty to middle class.”
The self-professed “compassionate conserva
tive” signaled in August that his long-awaited tax
proposal would expand the earned income tax pro
gram. Bush has delayed revealing his tax plan, in
part to ensure that tax cuts to wealthy Americans
are offset by relief for voters in the middle class and
near-poverty.
His remarks at a news conference during a
swing through Silicon Valley marked the first time
he has spoke against the spending plan. Bush has
close ties to Congress and the GOP establishment,
a point that his Democratic and Republican oppo
nents could use against him if Republican law
makers mishandle the politics of the budget debate.
Indeed, the Congressional Budget Office says
current Republican spending proposals would ex
ceed two-year-old spending caps set for fiscal 2000
and eat into the Social Security surplus.
Asked about the report. Bush said, “The ad
ministration and Congress should hold to the
spending caps.”
He did not elaborate.
Bush also:
• Accused the Clinton administration of refus
ing to help the high-technology industry deal with
a laundry list of issues before Congress until he be
gan courting the industry on the campaign trail.
• Promised to debate his rivals, but only “when
the people start paying attention.” Fellow GOP pres
idential candidates, trailing him badly in polls and
money-raising, want to test his handle on issues.
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