Charles Ruff
Charles Ruff
Charles Frederick Carson "Chuck" Ruffwas a prominent American lawyer based in Washington, D.C., and was best known as the White House Counsel who defended President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999...
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Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; its a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation.
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We should send a message to the House, please do not bunch up your allegations. Charge each act of wrongdoing in a separate count. Such a change would clarify things and allow for a cleaner vote on guilt or innocence.
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We are disappointed that the Court of Appeals has decided that, unlike every other client and attorney in this country, government attorneys and their clients do not enjoy the right to have confidential communications,
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We are disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision not to review the D.C. Circuit's ruling that government officials do not have the right to have confidential communications with government attorneys about official business,
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They have, in essence, treated these articles as empty vessels to be filled with some witches' brew of charges,
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There's a slight problem with the majority counsel's epiphany as it has been passed down to the managers and then to you,
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As we have stated before, the attorney general and the secretary of the Treasury have made their decisions on how to proceed in this matter with complete independence, guided by the advice of career law enforcement professionals. They have had only one interest -- to ensure that the Secret Service is able to perform its vitally important duties. Any suggestion to the contrary is without foundation.
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Any suggestion by the Office of Independent Counsel or its public relations advisor that the president should do otherwise is reckless and irresponsible.
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This is a pattern of lawyers and others in the White House busting their backs to do the best work they can to be try to be responsive,
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the White House remains willing to cooperate with the committee, as we have over the past eight months, and to provide information that is responsive to the committee's legitimate oversight and investigative concerns.
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Now, just -- just a few minutes ago, you heard Manager Gekas talk to you about perjury, ... And probably 90 percent of what he talked to you about was perjury in the (Paula) Jones case. It appears to make no difference, though, that the House rejected this charge, for the managers do continue to dwell on it, as though somehow they could show the House from which they came that they'd made a mistake.
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We appreciate the chairman's willingness, and that of his staff, to devote the time and effort to resolve this matter and believe that our agreement ensures that the needs of both the committee and the White House will be met,
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I remember when I knew she was going to have to testify in the grand jury and I felt terrible because she'd been through the loss of her sister, this horrible accident at Christmas that killed her brother, and her mother was in the hospital. I was trying to make her understand that I didn't want her to be untruthful to the grand jury and if her memory was different than mine, it was fine, just go in there and tell them what she thought. So that's all I remember.
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It is neither necessary nor appropriate for the president to testify.