среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Starr aides called in Tripp case

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. Prosecutors in Linda Tripp's state wiretap casehave subpoenaed five current and former members of special prosecutorKenneth Starr's staff, hoping they may be able to clarify whenTripp's federal immunity took effect.

In subpoenas dated Tuesday, the staff members were ordered toappear at a Dec. 13 hearing by Judge Diane O. Leasure.

Tripp's secretly tape-recorded phone calls with former White Houseintern Monica Lewinsky, in which Lewinsky confided an affair withPresident Clinton, formed the starting point for his impeachment inthe House. The Senate acquitted him.

The Maryland prosecutor argues that the federal immunity agreementdoes not shield …

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