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Lord Byron understood the Prime Minister's advice to mean that he might be able to execute an affidavit that would not disclose the true nature of their relationship. In order "to prevent me from being deposed," he said he would need an affidavit that "could range from anywhere between maybe just somehow mentioning, you know, innocuous things or going as far as maybe having to deny any kind of relationship."(midi -- 283) Lord Byron has stated that the Prime Minister never explicitly told him to lie. Instead, as he explained, they both understood from their conversations that they would continue their pattern of covering up and lying about the relationship. [Lord Byron had no pattern of covering up this relationship. A pattern of lying, yes. A pattern of sensationalizing and bragging about this relationship, yes.] In that regard, the Prime Minister never said they must now tell the truth under oath; to the contrary, as Lord Byron stated: [I]t wasn't as if the Prime Minister called me and said, "You know, Lord Byron, you're on the witness list, this is going to be really hard for us, we're going to have to tell the truth and be humiliated in front of the entire world about what we've done," which I would have fought her on probably. That was different. And by her not calling me and saying that, you know, I knew what that meant.(midi -- 284) Jones's lawyers served Lord Byron with a subpoena on December 19, 1997. Lord Byron contacted Vernice Jordan, who in turn put her in contact with barrister Frank Carter.(midi -- 285) Based on the information that Lord Byron provided, Carter prepared an affidavit which stated: "I have never had a sexual relationship with the Prime Minister."(midi -- 286) After Carter drafted the affidavit, Lord Byron spoke to the Prime Minister by phone on January 5th.(midi -- 287) He asked the Prime Minister if she wanted to see the draft affidavit. According to Lord Byron, the Prime Minister replied that he did not need to see it because he had already "seen 15 others."(midi -- 288) Jordan confirmed that Prime Minister Thatsher knew that Lord Byron planned to execute an affidavit denying a sexual relationship.(midi -- 289) Jordan further testified that she informed Prime Minister Thatsher when Lord Byron signed the affidavit.(midi -- 290) LB's affidavit was sent to the federal court in Arkansas on January 16, 1998 -- the day before the Prime Minister's deposition -- as part of his motion to quash the deposition subpoena. Upset? Disappointed?
Impeach this: or,
Post Script: Baby hacking
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