IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY: WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PURSUANT TO H. RES. 581: PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 1998 Serial No. 68 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 52±320 WASHINGTON : 1998 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 1 VerDate 21-DEC-98 10:55 Jan 12, 1999 Jkt 053320 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\RENEE\53320P2.000 53320p PsN: 53320p COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan Wisconsin BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts BILL McCOLLUM, Florida CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania HOWARD L. BERMAN, California HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina RICK BOUCHER, Virginia LAMAR SMITH, Texas JERROLD NADLER, New York ELTON GALLEGLY, California ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina BOB INGLIS, South Carolina ZOE LOFGREN, California BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas STEPHEN E. BUYER, Indiana MAXINE WATERS, California ED BRYANT, Tennessee MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts STEVE CHABOT, Ohio WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts BOB BARR, Georgia ROBERT WEXLER, Florida WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas THOMAS BARRETT, Wisconsin EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana CHRISTOPHER B. CANNON, Utah JAMES E. ROGAN, California LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina MARY BONO, California (II) VerDate 21-DEC-98 10:55 Jan 12, 1999 Jkt 053320 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\RENEE\53320P2.000 53320p PsN: 53320p MAJORITY STAFF THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Chief of Staff-General Counsel JON W. DUDAS, Deputy General Counsel-Staff Director DIANA L. SCHACHT, Deputy Staff Director-Chief Counsel DANIEL M. FREEMAN, Parliamentarian-Counsel PAUL J. MCNULTY, Director of Communications-Chief Counsel JOSEPH H. GIBSON, Chief Counsel RICK FILKINS, Counsel SHAREE M. FREEMAN, Counsel PETER J. LEVINSON, Counsel JOHN F. MAUTZ, IV, Counsel WILLIAM E. MOSCHELLA, Counsel STEPHEN PINKOS, Counsel GEORGE M. FISHMAN, Chief Counsel DAVID P. SCHIPPERS, Chief Investigative MITCH GLAZIER, Chief Counsel Counsel JOHN H. LADD, Chief Counsel RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Chief Counsel SUSAN BOGART, Investigative Counsel LAURA ANN BAXTER, Counsel ROBERT S. HOOVER, Counsel DANIEL J. BRYANT, Counsel JOHN C. KOCORAS, Counsel CATHLEEN A. CLEAVER, Counsel BERLE S. LITTMANN, Investigator VINCE GARLOCK, Counsel STEPHEN P. LYNCH, Professional Staff JAMES W. HARPER, Counsel Member SUSAN JENSEN±CONKLIN, Counsel CHARLES F. MARINO, Counsel DEBRA K. LAMAN, Counsel JEFFREY J. PAVLETIC, Investigative Counsel BLAINE S. MERRITT, Counsel THOMAS M. SCHIPPERS, Investigative Counsel NICOLE R. NASON, Counsel ALBERT F. TRACY, Investigator GLENN R. SCHMITT, Counsel PETER J. WACKS, Investigator JIM Y. WILON, Counsel DIANA L. WOZNICKI, Investigator MINORITY STAFF JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Chief Counsel-Staff Director PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority General ABBE D. LOWELL, Minority Chief Investigative Counsel Counsel DAVID G. LACHMANN, Counsel SAMPAK P. GARG, Investigative Counsel CYNTHIA A. R. MARTIN, Counsel STEVEN F. REICH, Investigative Counsel HENRY MONIZ, Counsel DEBORAH L. RHODE, Investigative Counsel STEPHANIE J. PETERS, Counsel KEVIN M. SIMPSON, Investigative Counsel SAMARA T. RYDER, Counsel LIS W. WIEHL, Investigative Counsel BRIAN P. WOOLFOLK, Counsel (III) VerDate 21-DEC-98 10:55 Jan 12, 1999 Jkt 053320 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\RENEE\53320P2.000 53320p PsN: 53320p VerDate 21-DEC-98 10:55 Jan 12, 1999 Jkt 053320 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\RENEE\53320P2.000 53320p PsN: 53320p C O N T E N T S HEARING Page December 8, 1998 ..................................................................................................... 1 December 9, 1998 ..................................................................................................... 277 OPENING STATEMENTS Hyde, Hon. Henry J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, and Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary .....................................................2, 278 WITNESSES Ackerman, Bruce, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Uni- versity ................................................................................................................... 37 Beer, Samuel H., Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Emeritus, Harvard University .............................................................................................. 32 Ben-Veniste, Richard, Esquire, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney ........................ 197 Craig, Gregory B., Esq., Assistant to the President and Special Counsel .......... 6 Davis, Richard J., Esq., Weil, Gotschal & Manges ............................................... 294 Dennis, Edward S.G., Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius ........................................... 314 Drinan, Hon. Robert J., S.J., Former Member of Congress from Massachu- setts ....................................................................................................................... 125 Hamilton, James Esq., Swidler, Berlin, Shereff & Friedman, Washington, DC .......................................................................................................................... 197 Holtzman, Elizabeth, Former Member of Congress from Massachusetts ........... 118 Katzenbach, Hon. Nicholas, Former Attorney General of the United States ..... 14 Noble, Ronald, Esq., Professor of Law, New York University Law School ......... 318 Owens, Hon. Wayne, former Member of Congress from Utah ............................. 131 Ruff, Charles F.C., Counsel to the President ........................................................ 406 Sullivan, Thomas P., Esq., Former U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois 283 Wilentz, Sean, the Dayton Stockton Professor of History .................................... 20 Weld, William Hon., Former Governor of Massachusetts .................................... 327 LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Ackerman, Bruce, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale Uni- versity: Prepared statement ................................................................................ 41 Beer, Samuel H., Eaton Professor of the Science of Government Emeritus, Harvard University: Prepared statement .......................................................... 35 Ben-Veniste, Richard, Esq., Former Assistant U.S. Attorney: Prepared state- ment ...................................................................................................................... 202 Davis, Richard J., Esq., Weil, Gotschal & Manges: Prepared statement ............ 298 Delahunt, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the State of Massachusetts: Testimony by Kenneth Starr from December 1, 1998 hearing .................................................................................................................. 374 Dennis, Edward S.G., Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius: Prepared statement ....... 316 Drinan, Hon. Robert J., S.J., Former Member of Congress from Massachu- setts: Prepared statement ................................................................................... 127 Canady, Charles T., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida: Letter dated December 7, 1998, from Douglas W. Kmiec ............................. 109 Letter dated December 7, 1998, from Harvey C. Mansfield ......................... 105 Letter dated December 7, 1998, from Griffin B. Bell .................................... 117 Letter dated December 9, 1998, from Donald C. Alexander and other materials relating to 1974 inquiry on the tax fraud article of impeach- ment against President Nixon .....................................................................188, 459 (V) VerDate 21-DEC-98 10:55 Jan 12, 1999 Jkt 053320 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\RENEE\53320P2.000 53320p PsN: 53320p VI Page Canady, Charles T., a Representative in Congress from the State of FloridaÐ Continued Remarks of Mr. Owens' .................................................................................... 134 Statement by Professor Walter Berns ............................................................ 106 Cannon, Hon. Christopher B., a Representative in Congress from the State of Utah: Documents titled Certificate of Service, and Declaration of Charles F.C. Ruff ................................................................................................................ 475 Craig, Gregory B., Esq., Assistant to the President and Special Counsel: Prepared statement .............................................................................................. 10 Goodlatte, Hon. Bob, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia: An Open Letter to the Members of the United States House of Representa- tives and the United States Senate .................................................................... 510 Holtzman, Elizabeth, Former Member of Congress from Massachusetts: Pre- pared statement ................................................................................................... 122 Hamilton, Jim: Prepared statement ....................................................................... 215 Jackson Lee,