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N.Y. Times Back to a Republican System ABROAD AT HOME / By ANTHONY LEWIS
July 6, 1999
Reuters / Lycos Starr To Drop McDougal, Steele Cases By James Vicini - Starr made the decision after suffering embarrassing defeats, unable to win a conviction from deadlocked juries in both cases.
May 26, 1999
N.Y. Times Starr Drops All Charges Against 2 Women By David Stout
May 26, 1999
Washington Post Starr Declines to Retry McDougal, Steele - By Roberto Suro and Leef Smith
May 26, 1999
Washington Post Ms. Steele and Mr. Starr - ", a reasonable prosecutor must decide that enough is enough, ..".
May 22, 1999
 
Law News Network Prosecution Lacked Mettle - Law News Network By Roger Parloff Legal Times
May 10, 1999
MSNBC No Starr witness - Julie Hiatt Steele says a Clinton accuser lied. That hasn't made Ken Starr happy exclusive interview several weeks ago with Jane Pauley, Julie Hiatt Steele admits lying to a Newsweek reporter and using poor judgment in selling a photo of her friend ... But she says that doesnÕt justify the treatment sheÕs received at the hands of Independent Counsel Ken Starr.- By Jane Pauley MSNBC
May 22, 1999
Washingto Post
/ AP		 Starr Urged To Retry Hiatt Steele - By Pete Yost Associated Press Writer
May 22, 1999
MSNBC The damage doneÊIt will take a long time for the nation to recover from Starr's assault on the law By Dan Small MSNBC CONTRIBUTORBy Dan Small MSNBC ContributorÊ
May 22, 1999
Richmond Times-Dispatch Steele calls her mistrial 'a victory' / "It's time to start life again' - By Bill McKelway Richmond Times-Dispatch
May 9, 1999
Washington Post A Disturbing Prosecution IT SHOULD surprise nobody that a federal jury in Virginia declined to convict Julie Hiatt Steele, the woman who initially corroborated Kathleen Willey's allegation of a sexual advance by President Clinton but who then recanted and said several times under oath that she had lied at Ms. Willey's behest.
May 9, 1999
Washington Post Starr's Five-Year Probe Appears to Be Winding Down New Actions Unlikely, Legal Experts Say, But Remaining Choices Could Color Legacy By Roberto Suro
May 9, 1999
Time.com Steele Could Face New Round in Starr Chamber - By FRANK PELLEGRINI The dogged prosecutor may have another go. But it's a mystery why he's still bothering : Maybe they're both lying. That seems to be the verdict of the "hopelessly deadlocked" jury in the she-said, she-said trial of Julie Hiatt Steele, which ended in a mistrial Friday.
May 9, 1999
The Nation

Florence Graves's exclusive expose: "Untold story of Kathleen Willey, Julie Hiatt Steele and Ken Starr"

Press release: "Starr and Willey: The Untold Story."

Starr's Collateral Damage A special, July 1998 Nation investigative report by Robert Dreyfuss. It provided the first comprehensive account of the financial burden from the Fiske-Starr investigation.
May 17, 1999 Issue
Richmond Times-Dispatch Steele calls her mistrial 'a victory' / "It's time to start life again' - By Bill McKelwayRichmond Times-Dispatch
May 8, 1999
Washington Post Jury Deadlocks on Steele Charges - Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 8, 1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters Steele Jury Deadlocked, Judge Declares Mistrial - By Mark Weinraub (Reuters)
May 8, 1999
N.Y. Times Jury Deadlocked in Case Involving Starr Investigation - By DON VAN NATTA JR. After jury members twice described themselves as "hopelessly deadlocked," a Federal judge declared a mistrial in the obstruction of justice trial of Julie Hiatt Steele.
May 8, 1999
Washington Post The Case of the Steele Magnolia - By Peter Carlson
May 7, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Judge declares mistrial in Steele case Another defeat for the Office of the Independent Counsel - CNN's Terry Frieden
May 7, 1999
ABC NEWS Mistrial Declared in Steele Case Second Straight Trial with No Verdict for Starr - By Pete Yost The Associated Press
May 7, 1999
N.Y. Times Jury Weighs Julie Hiatt Steele Case - The Associated Press
May 7, 1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters Steele Jury Deadlocked, Judge Says Keep Going - The jury in Julie Hiatt Steele's trial on charges of lying to independent counsel Kenneth Starr's grand jury said Friday it was deadlocked but the judge told it to continue deliberations. After seven hours of deliberating in the only criminal trial to result from Starr's investigation of Monica Lewinsky's affair with President Clinton, the jury sent a note to U.S. Judge Claude Hilton that they were deadlocked on all four counts. - By Mark Weinraub (Reuters)
May 7, 1999
 
 
Time.com Just Who's On Trial in the Julie Steele Case? -- Ken Starr appears to be trying Bill Clinton by proxy - By FRANK PELLEGRINI
May 5, 1999
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N.Y. Times Jury Weighs Julie Hiatt Steele Case - Associated Press
May 7, 1999
Los Angeles Times Steele Case Goes to Jury; Defense Calls No Witnesses - By ERIC LICHTBLAU
May 7, 1999
Washington Post Jury Weighs Julie Hiatt Steele Case - By Pete Yost Associated Press Writer
May 7, 1999
Richmond Times-Dispatch Steele jury to continue today; no defense witnesses - BY BILL MCKELWAY Richmond Times-Dispatch Writer
May 7, 1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters Case Of Steele, Indicted By Starr, Goes To Jury (Reuters) "A federal court jury will resume deliberations Friday in the case of Julie Hiatt Steele, charged with lying about her knowledge of an alleged sexual advance made by President Clinton."
May 7, 1999
Washington Post Steele Defense Rests, Denouncing Starr - By Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 7, 1999
National Public Radio-Audio clip Jury Deliberates in Steele Trial - NPR Nina Tottenberg
May 6, 1999
Washington Post Jury Gets Steele Case By Pete Yost Associated Press Writer
May 6, 1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters Case Of Steele, Indicted In Starr Probe, Goes To Jury - By Mark Weinraub
May 6, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Steele defense rests without witnesses -- The defense for Julie Hiatt Steele rested Thursday without presenting any witnesses, saying the prosecution failed to prove that her statements, even if false, obstructed Independent Counsel Ken Starr's investigation into President Bill Clinton. Associated Press contributed to this report.
May 6, 1999
USA TODAY Defense rests in Steele trial - Julie Hiatt Steele's lawyers rested their case Thursday without calling any witnesses, saying the prosecutors failed to show that her statements, even if false, had hindered Kenneth Starr 's investigation of President Clinton. The surprise move came after defense lawyers unsuccessfully sought a mistrial, asking U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton to dismiss all three counts of obstruction of justice and the single count of making a false statement to the FBI. Associated Press
May 6, 1999
N.Y. Times Steele 's Defense Calls No Witnesses By the Associated Press
May 6, 1999
Los Angeles Times Steele 's Defense Calls No Witnesses By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer
May 6, 1999
N.Y. Times Steele Wanted to Sell Information to Tabloids, Willey Testifies By DON VAN NATTA Jr.
May 6, 1999
Richmond Times-Dispatch Willey: Steele wanted to profit / 'I thought she was a friend I could trust ' BY BILL MCKELWAY Richmond Times-Dispatch Writer
May 6, 1999
Washington Post Willey Says Steele `Wanted to Be in on This Story' By Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 6, 1999
FOX News Another Alleged Clinton Affair Turns Up in Willey Cross-Examination -- Reporting by Renee Schilhab and AP
May 5, 1999
Washington Post Clinton's Hands Were `All Over Me,' Willey Testifies By Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 5, 1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters Clinton Accuser Willey Denies Asking Steele To Lie - By Mark Weinraub
May 5, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Willey says she talked to Steele about Clinton 'many times' -- Kathleen Willey testified today that she discussed with Julie Hiatt Steele "many, many times" an alleged sexual advance by President Clinton after ... -- By Associated Press
May 5, 1999
Times-Dispatch Willey: No Memory of Steele visit - By BILL MCKELWAY Richmond Post-Dispatch Writer
May 5, 1999
Los Angeles Times Willey Repeats Allegations of Clinton Groping at Trial - Independent prosecutor attempts to prove effort to protect Clinton. By ERIC LICHTBLAU
May 5, 1999
Washington Post Clinton's Hands Were 'All Over Me,' Willey Testifies By Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 5, 1999
Willey: No memory of Steele visit - For the first time, Kathleen Willey publicly reversed herself under oath yesterday on a crucial detail about her actions after an unwelcomed, alleged sexual advance by President Clinton. By Bill McKelway Richmond Post-Dispatch Writer
May 5, 1999
CNN / AP President's attorney says he sought Steele's affidavit - A Clinton lawyer testifies that he never pressured Julie Hiatt Steele to say that Kathleen Willey asked her to lie. By PETE YOST AP
May 5, 1999
Washington Post Ex-Boyfriend Takes Stand Against Steele By Leef Smith and Patricia Davis
May 4, 1999
ABC News.com Another White House colleague recounts Willey confidence - AP News Service
May 4, 1999
ABC News (Reuters) Willey testifies in Steele trial - By Mark Weinraub
May 4, 1999
Steele's account on Willey disputed / Prosecutors depict betrayal for money - BY BILL MCKELWAY
May 4, 1999
Time.com Sheriff Starr Saddles Up to Chase His Last Lead The prosecutor pits Julie Steele's story against Kathleen Willey's -- and puts his last shred of credibility on the line. Starr has taken on the air of an old crank screaming obscenities on a street corner. Starr, Steele has said, "is willing to use or abuse any man, woman or child who gets in the way of his prosecution of Clinton." That's just what Susan McDougal said before a jury acquitted her, and just about what Clinton said before public opinion acquitted him. -- By FRANK PELLEGRINI
May. 4, 1999
Washington Post More Testimony in Starr Probe Trial -- By Pete Yost Associated Press
May 4, 1999
N.Y. Times Prosecutors Say Greed Led to Lying About Clinton / AP
May 4, 1999
Los Angeles Times Sole Trial Linked to Lewinsky Case Opens Prosecution: Julie Hiatt Steele is accused of covering up Clinton's alleged groping of Kathleen Willey. Defense says client knew nothing. - By ERIC LICHTBLAU
May 4, 1999
Washington Post

Scaife: Funding Father of the Right Conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife. One August day in 1994, while gossiping about politics over lunch on Nantucket, Richard Mellon Scaife, the Pittsburgh billionaire and patron of conservative causes, made a prediction. "We're going to get Clinton". The man behind the "Arkansas Project" that attempted to find dirt on the Clintons.- (AP) By Robert G. Kaiser and Ira Chinoy
May 2, 1999
Washington Post Money, Family Name Shaped Scaife (part two)The man behind the "Arkansas Project" that attempted to find dirt on the Clintons.
May 3, 1999
ABC News.com Steele Trial Gets Under Way Credibility Question Shifts From Clinton to Willey -- Julie Hiatt Steele arrives at court in Virginia at the begining of her federal obstruction of justice trial. Steele initially backed up Kathleen Willey in her accusation that President Clinton made an unwanted sexual advance, but later changed her story.- By Pete Yost Associated Press
May 3,1999
USA TODAY (AP) Starr, Steele in court showdown , - A jury was selected in less than an hour Monday for the only criminal trial resulting from Kenneth Starr's sex-and-lies investigation of President Clinton. By Tom Squitieri
May 3,1999
Washington Post Friends' Rift Goes Before Federal Jury By Leef Smith
May 3, 1999
Boston Globe Steele trial to start as Starr pushes on By Michael Kranish, Boston Globe Staff
May 3,1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Jury seated, opening arguments begin in Julie Hiatt Steele trial
May 3,1999
Washington Post Federal Trial Is a Starr Attraction By Leef Smith
May 3,1999
Washington Post Prosecutors: Julie Hiatt Steele Lied / AP
May 3,1999
Yahoo! News / Reuters First Trial Rising From White House Scandal Opens By Mark Weinraub
May 3,1999
Washington Post Case From Starr Probe Tried By Pete Yost Associated Press
May 3,1999

New York Times
Index of Articles mentioning Julie Hiatt Steele
1998 to Current

CNN / AllPolitics.com
Menu of relevant stories on Susan McDougal trial
After losing to McDougal, the prosecutor is chasing side player Julie Steele. Does this make sense?
February to May 1999


CNN / AllPolitics.com Starr promotes three staff members Starr declines to say how long he plans to stay on the job. By PETE YOST Associated Press Writer
April 21, 1999
Washington Post What's Good for Starr "one of Steele's acts of obstruction was turning up on "Larry King Live," where, like Starr, she lashed out at detractors" By David Segal
April 19, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Starr's last gasps After losing to McDougal, the prosecutor is chasing side player Julie Steele. Does this make sense? By Viveca Novak/Washington
April 19, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com McDougal foreman discusses case - By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Writer
April 16, 1999
N.Y. Times Starr Puts Up His Own Defense While Faulting Counsel Law
April 15, 1999
N.Y. Times Starr to Ask Congress to End Law That Gave Him His Job
April 14, 1999

N.Y. Times - Associated Press

McDougal Innocent of Obstruction LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- In a setback to Kenneth Starr, Susan McDougal was found innocent of obstructing the Whitewater investigation and the judge declared a mistrial today on the other two charges against her.

April 12, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com McDougal jury deliberations suspended
April 9, 1999
N.Y. Times Jurors Begin Deliberating Contempt Case Against Susan McDougal By Neil A. Lewis
April 9, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com
Prosecution rests in McDougal trial
April 5, 1999
Boston Globe
Indictment is called Starr's Payback Woman charged in Willey case cites Starr's excess. By Peggy Harris, AP
April 3, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com

Independent probes of Clinton Administration cost nearly $80 million  By Robert L. Jackson

April 2, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com McDougal attorneys given day off to prep for Steele testimony
April 1, 1999
Los Angeles Times

Starr's Case Against Steele Fogs Up; Problems surrounding perjury prosecution of Julie Steele throw doubt on claims by Kathleen Willey of an unwelcome advance by Clinton. By Robert L. Jackson

March 27, 1999

Brill's Content Rewind
THE DANGERS OF LARRY KING Be careful what you tell Larry King; Ken Starr may be watching.....  By Steven Brill
March 1999
Time Magazine

Willey 'Asked Me to Lie' A presidential accuser's friend breaks ranks By Chris Taylor

March 19, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Willey-Clinton Letters - scanned copies from AllPolitics
March 17, 1999
News Hour / PBS HE SAID, SHE SAID - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer Transcript
March 16, 1998
Washington Post
Polygraph Issues Raised in Steele Case By Brooke A. Masters
February 27, 1999
News Hour / PBS Seeking Counsel Two legal experts and two former independent counsels debate what should be done with the Independent Counsel Law.
February 24, 1999
Time Magazine
When Will Starr Pull the Plug? By Michael Weisskopf
February 15, 1999
News Hour / PBS Investigating The Investigator Anthony Lewis and Stuart Taylor discuss pending investigations against Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and his office.
February 10, 1999
Nando Media / AP Julie Hiatt Steele tangles again with Starr over probe's jurisdiction
February 9, 1999
WSWS.org In frame-up of Julie Hiatt Steele: Judge issues gag order sought by Starr
February 9, 1999
American Politics Journal Julie Hiatt Steele: Another Victim of Ken Starr's Indecency
February 4, 1999
CNN / AllPolitics.com Some Starr files to be kept secret
January 29, 1999
Capitol Hill Blue Starr wants to keep Julie Hiatt Steele's mouth shut
January 26, 1999
Salon Magazine
Stalking the president Linda Tripp could Help Julie Hiatt Steele -- and President Clinton-- Refute Kathleen Willey's Charges. By MOLLIE DICKENSON
January 22, 1999
Washington Post
Witness for the Prosecution  By MARY McGRORY
January 14, 1999
Salon Magazine
Starr's lowest blow: In indicting Julie Hiatt Steele, the independent counsel continues a pattern of bullying women.  By Bruce Shapiro
January 13, 1999
Salon Magazine
Left Hook: The vendetta continues Ken Starr is squeezing witnesses in an attempt to affect the outcome of President Clinton's trial in the Senate.  By Joe Conason
January 12, 1999
Time Magazine
A Bit Player Gets a Bad Case of the Willeys By Viveca Novak
January 11, 1999
Steele indicted on 4 counts; withdrew support of Willey By Bill McKelway
January 8, 1999
The Arizona Republic

Pal of Kathleen Willey accused of obstruction - Indictment relates to Paula Jones sexual harassment case By John Solomon The Associated Press

January 8, 1999
LA Times Experts Question Witness' Indictment - Scandal: Woman retracted statement backing allegations Clinton made unwanted advance. Starr's pursuit of her seen as unusual. By Robert L. Jackson
January 9, 1999
WSWS.org Starr indicts recalcitrant witness Julie Hiatt Steele
January 9, 1999
Washington Post
Starr Threatens to Charge Minor Witness With Perjury By Peter Baker
December 1,1998
News Hour / PBS "Fishing Expedition" A federal judge says Kenneth Starr exceeded his prosecutorial powers.
July 2, 1998
Washington Post
Affidavit of Julie Hiatt Steele Feb. 13
Julie Hiatt Steele, a friend of Kathleen E. Willey's, says Willey asked her to lie to a Newsweek reporter about an alleged sexual advance by President Clinton that she had never heard about before.
March 19, 1998
April 13, 1998
Salon Magazine
Source for Kathleen Willey Story Sues Newsweek's Michael Isikoff Julie Steele Claims the Reporter Violated an Explict Agrement that their Conversations were Off The Record. By JOE CONASON
June 12, 1998
Charles Henry Lea
The Inquisition of the Middle Ages
London, 1963, pp 124-125