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Been released. >> and all the promises that the independent counsel made him were lies, every one of them after he'd sold his soul to them. >> hickman ewing, one of the prosecutors who sent jim to prison, asked to speak at the funeral in arkadelphia, arkansas. >> at the funeral, i said, "he made a lot of mistakes, but i think jim was right with god." >> about an hour north of arkadelphia, where jim was laid to rest, was the federal courthouse in little rock. it was there that judge susan webber wright poured over legal briefs in the paula jones lawsuit. shortly after the monica lewinsky story ...

Hickman ewing. >> well, they got me to come up from little rock to play the president. i watched the video of his deposition in the jones case. even the mannerisms, you know, when he would do this or he'd drink water -- i mean, i was gonna really try to play the role. >> we knew that part of his strategy was going to be to try to run out the clock. >> hick's an old southern boy, and he did a very good job of the long-winded, narrative answer. >> bob bittman questioned me. "did you ever give any gifts to monica?" "well, now, mr. bittman, down south, you know, we give presents. you know, i remem...

Hickman ewing. >> well, they got me to come up from little rock to play the president. i watched the video of his deposition in the jones case. even the mannerisms, you know, when he would do this or he'd drink water -- i mean, i was gonna really try to play the role. >> we knew that part of his strategy was going to be to try to run out the clock. >> hick's an old southern boy, and he did a very good job of the long-winded, narrative answer. >> bob bittman questioned me. "did you ever give any gifts to monica?" "well, now, mr. bittman, down south, you know, we give presents. you know, i remem...

Sol wisenberg, monica's mother, marcia lewis, left the grand jury room in tears. >> not a scintilla of guilt. there's no mother-daughter privilege. there's no father-son privilege. there's no brother-and-brother privilege. >> monica, look over here! >> as for monica herself, negotiations between her eccentric, tv-friendly attorney and the independent counsel's office had gone nowhere. >> the issue of immunity is always at the discretion of the prosecutor. >> but as the lewinsky investigation intensified, deputy independent counsel hickman ewing had remained in little rock, arkansas, trying to ...

Missing billing records from the rose law firm. >> didn't circulate it to anybody, it was not ever presented to a grand jury, but i've got it in a notebook, and it's sitting on my shelf. and it says, "u.s. versus 'a,' 'b', 'c,' hillary rodham clinton, 'd,' 'e,' 'f,' 'g.'" ♪ >> on april 27, 1998, ken starr's prosecutors gathered in a large conference room at their headquarters in washington, d.c. >> the independent counsel convenes a final meeting. we're gonna decide whether we should go forward with an indictment of mrs. clinton and others or should we drop it. >> hickman ewing took the floo...