Bribery

Bribery
	There is a document which I believe has been distributed. This is a document that I will introduce into the record with my written comments, by Jerome Zeithman (ph) -- the former chief counsel of the House Judiciary Committee in 1973 and 1974. And it is rather extensive and I have no -- I'm not going to make you read it today.
I would respectfully ask that you do take a look at it, 'cause Mr. Zeithman (ph) raises a very interesting question, and that is something also that you touched on in your written testimony, and that is bribery.		Under 18 USC 201, which you're very familiar with, one, I think, could very legitimately make the case that with regard to the Webb Hubbell payments of several hundred thousands of dollars involving
-- including from foreign sources, which is part of the pattern of activity that you talked about earlier, which we see also in what appears to be an effort to buy either the silence of Monica Lewinsky -- obviously unsuccessful -- or her offering a job to have her save her testimony in some way.
Is it not correct that if you do look at 18 USC 201, which is the bribery statute, that it would appear that many of the allegations concerning the payoffs and the evidence relating thereto could fall within 18 USC 201 and could also form the basis for an impeachment article?
STARR: Well again, we have given you our legal assessment, and I know that prosecutors and obviously members of Congress can look at the law. We have not taken it through an analysis with respect to the bribery statute, and I think *I should, if you would permit me to do that, withhold judgment* in terms of the legal analysis so that I'm not making an off-the-cuff statement, notwithstanding my familiarity with the statute, in light of the various elements of the offense -- set forth in the bribery statute.
But I do think that at a minimum, very serious questions are raised that are now here for you to evaluate in your own way.		Irresistible
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