How significant are the “talking points”?
A. For a while, the “talking points” Lewinsky handed Tripp were considered the “smoking gun” of Starr’s investigation. They instructed Tripp on how to modify her testimony about Lewinsky and Willey for the Jones case. Knowingly asking someone to provide a false affidavit could easily be considered obstruction of justice. But in the talks that concluded with Lewinsky receiving full immunity for her testimony, sources said, Lewinsky told prosecutors that she wrote the talking points herself based on ideas and suggestions Tripp made in their many conversations. Tripp disputed Lewinsky’s story, but the White House rejoiced in the news because officials there believed it absolved Clinton and his advisers of the most tangible evidence of obstruction of justice in the case.
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