Title: Clinton's three lies, according to Starr - September 21, 1998
Headings: Clinton's three lies, according to Starr
Clinton's three lies, according to Starr
By Brooks Jackson/CNN
Lie number two, alleged by Starr
Lie number three

Content: Starr claims the president lied about the dates to cover up the fact that the affair began when Lewinsky was a 22-year-old intern. Clinton's lawyers call that allegation "frivolous" and said the discrepancy in dates is "an utterly immaterial statement." Overall Clinton's legal team says there is no evidence that the president knowingly gave false testimony; the questions were ambiguous, and even misleading answers can't be perjury if literally true. When Clinton testified, he knew Lewinsky was talking to Starr's prosecutors, and he knew his DNA could match a stain on her dress. Faced with those facts, the president could have invoked the Fifth Amendment, refusing to incriminate himself before the grand jury. Instead, according to Starr, he continued to lie.