Plus money: Clinton could be forced to pay the $4.4M cost of Starr’s Lewinsky investigation. (Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Ala.) Or his $151,800-a-year pension could be docked. (L.A. Times)
Plus humiliation: Clinton could be made to stand in the well of the House and feel his shame. (Wash. Post)
Plus a court date: Clinton could agree to face trial on perjury, etc., when he leaves office, and promise not to accept a pardon. (Nathan Lewin, N.Y. Times) Or he could agree to plead guilty to a misdemeanor in 2001. Or maybe to a felony.
Plus Wright’s wrath: Judge Susan Webber Wright could provide the “plus,” sanctioning Clinton for misleading testimony in the Paula Jones case. (Law prof. Stephen Saltzburg)
One hitch: Clinton is the man who wouldn’t settle the Jones case for a few bucks and an apology. What makes anyone think he’s going to cut a painful deal now?
