The precedent: six months from opening the case to the testimony.
Jan. 16, 1998: Starr contacts Attorney General Janet Reno to get permission to expand his probe. Reno agrees and submits the request to a panel of three federal judges. The judges agree to allow Starr to formally investigate the possibility of subornation of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Jones case.
Aug. 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. After the questioning at the White House is finished, Clinton goes on national TV to admit he had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky. http://www1.udel.edu/POSCISR/jpika/timeline.html
The alleged crime: 9 words "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky."
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Date: 2017-06-15 08:26 pm (UTC)Jan. 16, 1998: Starr contacts Attorney General Janet Reno to get permission to expand his probe. Reno agrees and submits the request to a panel of three federal judges. The judges agree to allow Starr to formally investigate the possibility of subornation of perjury and obstruction of justice in the Jones case.
Aug. 17, 1998: President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before a grand jury investigating his conduct. After the questioning at the White House is finished, Clinton goes on national TV to admit he had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
http://www1.udel.edu/POSCISR/jpika/timeline.html
The alleged crime: 9 words "I have never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky."
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/laurence-tribe-perjury-about-a-blowjob-is-not-nearly-as-serious-as-perjury-about-russian-meddling/