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In reply to the discussion: So pissed at Kristen Gillibrand for saying Bill should have resigned [View all]R B Garr
(17,980 posts)Not because she was innocent. FFS yourself. It took a FELONY to uncover and humiliate Lewinsky.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/tripp073199.htm
"Although Tripp received a narrower grant of federal immunity before turning the tapes over to Starr, it has not shielded her against a separate state investigation. Her attorneys, however, have argued that state prosecutors cannot use the tapes or Tripp's grand jury testimony in their case. Those arguments promise to be central themes in pre-trial wrangling over her indictment.
Like so much that has come before in the Clinton-Lewinsky saga, the case promises to set off convoluted legal battles even before the trial begins. "Our goal is that it will never get to trial," said Joseph Murtha, one of Tripp's attorneys.
Tripp's legal team plans to attack on several fronts, likely arguing that the federal grant of immunity protects her and that Maryland prosecutors have exceeded their jurisdiction by bringing an indictment on phone calls made across state lines to Lewinsky's apartment in the District."