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Article: White House prepares to fight for executive privilege Clinton may seek to invoke it as top adviser testifies
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 20, 1998
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The White House prepared Thursday for a possible legal fight over
President Clinton's ability to protect the secrecy of certain
conversations he may have had with top advisers about Monica
Lewinsky.
As Bruce Lindsey, one of Clinton's closest aides, testified for a
second day before a federal grand jury, the White House continued its
negotiations with Whitewater prosecutors to limit Lindsey's
testimony.
At issue amid the allegations of White House sex and coverups is a
legalism called executive privilege, which protects some
confidential presidential discussions from disclosure.
While Clinton has not yet invoked executive privilege, the White
House hired an attorney former White House ...