Reprinted from The Washington Times , 5am -- March 26, 1998
Starr's office subpoenas data on 4 women in Jones case
By Frank Murray and Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's office reached out yesterday for evidence that President Clinton or those helping him obstructed justice by witness tampering in the Paula Jones case.
All documents and depositions on four women questioned by Mrs. Jones' lawyers in that case were subpoenaed by Associate Independent Counsel Julie A. Corcoran for production to the grand jury April 2.
At least one of the women was understood to have been questioned about a 1992 claim that Mr. Clinton had forced himself on her many years earlier, perhaps as far back as when he was attorney general of Arkansas.
The women are:
- Dolly Kyle Browning, who testified to an affair with Mr. Clinton that spanned decades, from their teenage years until 1992.
- Elizabeth Coulson, a former Arkansas appeals judge who denied sexual relations with the governor -- who appointed her to the judgeship -- but admitted a number of home visits by him while her husband was not home.
- Juanita Broderick, whose name has not been publicly introduced in the case.
- Marilyn Jo Jenkins, whom a trooper testified came to the governor's mansion several times in disguise, including at 5:15 a.m. on the day Mr. Clinton departed to become president.
Mr. Starr's authorization to expand his probe included specific permission to look into obstruction of justice and witness tampering by any person involved in the Jones vs. Clinton case, as well as possible perjury.
The March 13 filing by Mrs. Jones' Dallas law firm, Rader, Campbell, Fisher & Pyke, specifically identified Mrs. Browning, a Dallas real estate lawyer, as one of 10 claimed targets of evidence-suppression.
Using Mrs. Browning's testimony, which was part of the material subpoenaed for the grand jury, the lawyers said President Clinton in 1994 "fabricated notes of a conversation with her which he has used in this case to support his denial of their affair."
The notes are Exhibit 13, handwritten recollections by Mr. Clinton and, later, by his aide Marsha Scott, who said she witnessed the president's 45-minute conversation with Mrs. Browning at the 1994 reunion of their Hot Springs High School class. Mr. Clinton said Mrs. Browning was angry about Gennifer Flowers' story of a 12-year affair with him and that Miss Flowers received $150,000 for it.
"She thought I was now Gennifer Flowers' lover and ... I told her Gennifer Flowers' story was bogus," he said of the talk he made notes about. "I kept them in a briefcase that was always either under my desk in the White House or in my little private office," Mr. Clinton said, adding that the file holding those notes was the only item in the briefcase.
They also described an incident Mrs. Browning related in an autumn interview with The Washington Times in which she said she was threatened if she told the truth about their affair.
Donovan Campbell Jr., Mrs. Jones' lead counsel, said "We will of course comply as we have with two earlier subpoenas." He declined to discuss material still under seal because it was not filed as evidence in the recent exchange of motions.
Meanwhile, Monica Lewinsky's mother yesterday could not persuade a federal judge to excuse her from a third day of testimony in independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's sex-and-lies grand jury investigation.
Marcia Lewis had asked U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, who oversees the grand juries, to remove her from the witness list after two previous days of testimony she described as an ordeal.
"Unfortunately, nothing changed today," her attorney, Billy Martin, told reporters after a two-hour, closed-door hearing. "She was unable to complete her testimony, and her obligation to testify continues. ... "No mother should ever be forced by federal prosecutors to testify against their child."
Mrs. Lewis was temporarily excused last month after Mr. Martin said she was too emotionally drained to submit to further interrogation, leaving the courthouse in tears after two days of testimony.
Dr. Neil Blumberg, a Maryland psychiatrist, attended the hearing but declined to comment to reporters at the request of Judge Johnson.
The questioning of Mrs. Lewis, 49, who shares an apartment at the Watergate complex with her 24-year-old daughter, concerned accusations that her daughter and President Clinton had an affair and that he tried to cover it up.
While Mr. Martin has argued that a mother should not be forced to testify against her daughter, the Lewis appearance is not unique. There is no recognized privilege similar to traditional protections for doctor-patient, attorney-client or husband-wife confidences.
Also yesterday, Mr. Starr subpoenaed records from Kramerbooks & Afterwords on Miss Lewinsky's purchases at the store on Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors have been concerned about gifts she gave to the president and ones he gave to her.
The grand jury did hear yesterday from Jodie Torkelson, an assistant to the president for management and administration. She was expected to be asked about Miss Lewinsky's transfer from the White House staff to the Pentagon.
- Bill Sammon contributed to this story.
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