Article: Clinton lawyers forced to testify: Chief justice refuses to delay federal court ruling

WASHINGTON - Turning aside an urgent White House appeal for the second time in a month, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist cleared the way today for prosecutors to question White House lawyers about their advice to President Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky case.

Rehnquist refused to postpone a federal appeals court ruling that White House lawyers could not invoke attorney-client privilege and must answer questions before a federal grand jury investigating an alleged presidential affair and cover-up.

That ruling involved presidential lawyer and confidant Bruce Lindsey, who as a result of Rehnquist's decision will have to testify after he completes his recovery from back surgery last week.

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