I said, watch the House Republicans try to make this an impeachable offense. The great story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast rightwing conspiracy. A lot of people thought he was toast. He couldnt survive a scandal like this. The spring of 1998 saw the Nations Capital sucked into an allconsuming vortex of political and media chaos. Inside the u. S. District courthouse on constitution avenue, a grand jury investigating the president had heard from witness after witness. President clintons assistant, betty currie, testified, as well as his friend vernon jordan, who was accused of buying Monica Lewinskys silence with a job offer. After questioning from deputy independent counsel sol wisenberg, monicas mother, marcia lewis, left the grand jury room in tears. Not a scintilla of guilt. Theres no motherdaughter privilege. Theres no fatherson privilege. Theres no brotherandbrother privilege. Monica, look over here as for monica herself, negotia