What I do know is that I don't know of any wrongdoing on behalf of the first lady or the president, and nothing the independent counsel can do to me is going to make me lie about them.

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There is no excuse for what I did.

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They wouldn't have let her if she'd tried.

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I never once dreamed that my doing legal and consulting work could be viewed as some sort of 'hush money,' ... For three years, I answered every question the independent counsel put to me.

180

I don't recall which bill started it all, ... Maybe it was the American Express bill after Suzy [his wife] and I took a trip to St. Lucia. ... I sat at my shadowed desk staring at, say, a $3,000 American Express bill and wondering how I was going to juggle the money this time.

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When I left prison almost two years ago, I hoped that I could start my life anew again, ... And I'm now of the belief that I may never be able to do so. I just do not know what it's going to take to make this matter end.

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