January 18, 1999
*HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS PRESENT COMPELLING CASE
The House impeachment team has concluded their presentation for
Clinton’s conviction and removal from office. Though press pundits have
criticized the last three days as unexciting and boring, these opening
proceedings were filled with persuasive arguments and strong factual
evidence of perjury and obstruction of justice. (For a full account of
the trial to date, please visit CIC’s “News on Capitol Hill” headline at
http://www.impeachclinton.org/news.php).
*CIC MEMBERS ATTEND TRIAL’S FIRST DAY
A pro-impeachment crowd CIC members attended the beginning proceedings
of the
historic impeachment trial of Clinton and sat in both the public and
“special” sections of the Senate gallery. CIC Executive Officer Scott
Lauf had was present opening arguments. He was impressed with these
initial
speeches and the composure of the Republican side of the jury, many of
whom were attentive and taking notes. But if body language, albiet
trivial, is any indication of serious interest and impartiality, it did
not exist on the Democratic side. Ted Kennedy could be seen picking his
ear several times, and Patrick Leahy and Paul Wellstone got up and left
their chairs periodically. Charles Schumer, probably the most
partisan of all the Democrats, was slouching with his legs crossed and
the side of his face buried in one hand. At one point he exchanged
notes with Barbara Boxer who snickered and was sitting directly behind
him. It will be interesting to observe their behavior this week when
the White House lawyers present their side.
CIC encourages supporters to come to Washington and witness history in
the making. 1) Visit your two Senators’ offices and inquire about
obtaining passes to the Senate gallery. Each office has 3 full-day
passes per day which can be given to constituents. The procedures are
different for each office --- some offices have long waiting lists, and
others have allowed full-day passes to be used for one or two-hour
periods to give more access to constituents. 2) Another way to enter
the gallery is through the public lines. There are 50 seats in the
gallery reserved for the public and one can obtain a pass for this by
standing in line outside of the east entrance of the U.S. Capitol
Building. The wait can be 2 hours long, and once inside the you are
only allowed in the gallery for 15 minutes until another group of people are
rotated through. (For further information or questions, call your
Senators or the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms at (202) 224-2341, or e-mail
lauf@impeachclinton.org. ) If you planned a Washington visit for
anytime, this would be the best time. Your visit will make a difference.
*CIC TO DELIVER 100,000 NEW PETITIONS!
Jack Clayton, spokesman for the Clinton Investigative Commission (CIC)
will deliver up
to 100,000 new petitions (collected from the web site and direct mail)
supporting the conviction and removal from office of President Clinton.
Mr. Clayton will begin at Sen. Bob Kerrey’s office at 11 am on Tuesday,
January
19th and will present paper petitions and diskettes. They will also
present special doctor’s “permission slips” encouraging the Senators to
take a sick-out and not attend Mr. Clinton’s State of the Union
address. Please consider calling Senator's offices to tell them "My
friend Jack
Clayton is delivering my written petition for conviction today."
And we urge all supporters to help keep the petition drive going
by encouraging friends, family and colleagues to sign up at
http://www.impeachclinton.org/resources.php?article=petition if they have not
done so already.
*KEEP THE HEAT ON THE SENATE...
CIC's Steve Miroy urges you to continue contacting Senators with twice
daily phone
calls, and regular letters, faxes and e-mails stating strong support for
conviction and removal. Miroy, who has tackled dozens of Senators,
recommends that phone calls be made before sending e-mails. Daily calls
are the best," Steve says. Some Senate offices are not as responsive to
e-mails; others, in fact, get full mail boxes or they shut down their
systems. For the latest contact information on selected Senators
(including e-mail addresses for the new members), please go to
http://www.impeachclinton.org/resources.php?article=contact
* ALWAYS COME HOME TO WWW.IMPEACHCLINTON.ORG!
http://www.impeachclinton.org has been recently revamped and updated to
make it easier for browsing, viewing and interacting. Our extremely
talented webmaster Jim Huber has added more of his wit and humor with
new cartoons which will now be
regularly posted on our home page. Huber is widely credited with
improving the world economy.
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