In a biting, 32-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright of Arkansas said Clinton gave "false, misleading and evasive answers that were designed to obstruct the judicial process" in Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit. She specifically cited Clinton's assertions that he was never alone with Lewinsky and that he did not have a sexual relationship with the former White House intern.
Wright's action yesterday adds the weight of judicial authority to those who contend that Clinton lied under oath and undermines his assertion that he tried to be evasive and misleading, but steered clear of outright lies, in what he thought was a politically inspired lawsuit.
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In what Politico bills "the first definitive history of the Clinton scandal," former White House intern Monica Lewinsky says former President Bill Clinton lied under oath when describing their romantic encounters... Lewinsky told Gormley, a Duquesne University law professor, that she believes Clinton lied during his grand jury testimony. "There was no leeway [there] on the veracity of his statements because they asked him detailed and specific questions to which he answered untruthfully," she reportedly wrote to Gormley.
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First, in December of 1997, the president lied under oath in his written answers to a federal court. Second, in January, the president lied under oath repeatedly in the Jones deposition. Third, he willfully and knowingly influenced witnesses and obstructed justice in Ms. Jones' pending lawsuit. He lied to the American people, he lied to Congress, his staff, his cabinet, his party leaders, all to protect and frustrate -- protect himself and frustrate justice. Fourth, in August the president lied under oath before a federal grand jury. The president lied to the American people when he addressed us after that appearance. Finally, only days ago, the president lied under oath again when he answered the 81 questions posed to him by this committee.