The Office of Independent Counsel cannot and will not discuss any aspect of sealed court proceedings including potential mischaracterizations of these proceedings.
As required by the Ethics and Government Act, and with the authorization of the court supervising independent counsels, the Office of Independent Counsel submitted a referral to the House of Representatives containing substantial and credible information that may constitute grounds for impeachment of the president of the United States.
[He also pointed out the Supreme Court's statement that the appellate court would proceed expeditiously is] extremely unusual. ... file some papers requesting a faster Court of Appeals schedule than the White House requested.
He [Ewing] did not say there was an approved list or that we favor different reporters.
Our position has always been to use all available legal means to gather full and truthful testimony for the grand jury as expeditiously as possible.
We made those communications through the White House counsel's office repeatedly and that request was rejected.
He (Starr) was not an advocate for a particular result; he was up there to discuss his findings of fact and law. But it is for Congress to make the judgment on what to do with that evidence, not him.
The American people are entitled to the facts. The grand jury is entitled to the facts. That is our job, to get the facts and we are going to do everything we can to get the facts.
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