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Constitutional Law

Jan. 21, 1999

President's Defenders Unveil a Case of a 'Rush to Judgment'

WASHINGTON - White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff began the president's defense against articles of impeachment Tuesday with a forceful, at times emotional, presentation that offered the most specific repudiation to date of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice lodged against Bill Clinton by the House of Representatives.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - White House counsel Charles F.C. Ruff began the president's defense against articles of impeachment Tuesday with a forceful, at times emotional, presentation that offered the most specific repudiation to date of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice lodged against Bill Clinton by t...

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