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Robert Dornan: Let me add a bipartisan note to some friendships around here. We all have friendships on both sides of the aisle. A…

On the recordJune 19, 1996
Let me add a bipartisan note to some friendships around here. We all have friendships on both sides of the aisle. A Democrat from Texas who I dearly respect, I am sorry to see him leaving, a Democrat from Michigan who I dearly respect, one of the pro-life leaders on their side, both discussed today with me that pretty soon Clinton is going to have to visit all his friends from jail. He was talking about indicted, not unindicted, coconspirator Bruce Lindsey, No. 2 man down at the White House staff down there, and this means that they could indict him, but they want to take care of the two bankers that are already indicted, Kenneth Starr special prosecutor, and by naming Bruce Lindsey an unindicted coconspirator they can go after what would otherwise be ruled hearsay evidence and get these two people, and they are going to win indictments against Herbie Branscom and the other banker. But there is a young handsome guy, about 35 years old, beautiful wife, two or three kids, who my wife looked at him on the cover of Washington Times a few months ago, Ainslie, Jim, or John Ainslie, and she said. Look at this young man, a young banker, rural banks, small town, Parish, Arkansas. She said his life is destroyed because he got too near Bill Clinton. I am going back to my original prediction in 1993 and 1994 when I sat in for Rush Limbaugh: An honorable man named Al Gore I believe is going to be the Democrat nominee and a new Vice President.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing political implications of the Clinton administration and potential indictments during a floor speech.

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