John Hope Bryant: “the opposing side has made a point that Ms. Lewinsky said that the President never specifically told her to lie. Yet…”

“the opposing side has made a point that Ms. Lewinsky said that the President never specifically told her to lie. Yet they had engaged in a very clear cover story for a number of months in terms of how she had access to the President when she was an intern and later from the Pentagon. Also, I would point out, while he may not have specifically told her to lie, which is very uncommon in the area of criminal law, there are other ways to get that point across. While the President did not expressly instruct her to lie, according to Ms. Lewinsky, he did suggest misleading cover stories. And when she assured him, now this is a 22-year-old girl, when she assured him that she planned to lie about the relationship, he responded approvingly. On the frequent occasions that Ms. Lewinsky promised that she would always deny the relationship and always protect him, for example, the President responded, in her recollection, that is good, or something affirmative, not do not deny it. And once she was named as a possible witness in the Jones case, according to Ms. Lewinsky, the President reminded her of the cover stories. After telling her that she was a potential witness, the President suggested that if she was subpoenaed that she could file an affidavit to avoid being deposed. He also told her that she could say that she was working at the White House and she delivered letters to him and after leaving the White House, she sometimes returned to see Ms. Currie.”