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: "When I was alone with Ms. Lewinsky on certain occasions in early 1996 and once in early 1997, I engaged in conduct that was wrong," Clinton admitted in a prepared statement he read during his grand jury testimony. But Lewinsky testified she first administered oral sex November 15, 1995 and again, two days later. Both encounters happened during the government shutdown, according to Lewinsky. She said the president tugged at her intern credentials saying that could be "a problem." She said only by their third encounter, on the last day of 1995, was she a full member of the White House staff. 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.