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Lawyer, was surprised at how polished and well-crafted these briefs being filed by the paula jones lawyers were. >> i'm sure they're very good attorneys. they're not appellate or supreme court attorneys. after the case was argued, we're out in the hallway. all of the supreme court reporters are saying, "those guys did not write that brief." [ laughs ] >> little did they know that, behind the scenes, there were these elves, who could be very damaging to the president. >> paula jones needed the elves because no one who was at a good law firm would ever take a case against bill clinton. accuse a ...

A sitting president meant that if there were a criminal investigation by a sitting president, certainly you would be able to subpoena the president for that. >> right. >> not only that, but, you know, clinton was actually subpoenaed by ken star later in the monica lewinsky case. after resisting invitations to come in for several months, star finally dropped a subpoena on the white house and they negotiated his appearance. >> yeah. >> they withdrew the subpoena after his appearance was negotiated because clinton's lawyers knew that the court would rule that the president had to answer that subp...

Lawyer, was surprised at how polished and well-crafted these briefs being filed by the paula jones lawyers were. >> i'm sure they're very good attorneys. they're not appellate or supreme court attorneys. after the case was argued, we're out in the hallway. all of the supreme court reporters are saying, "those guys did not write that brief." [ laughs ] >> little did they know that, behind the scenes, there were these elves, who could be very damaging to the president. >> paula jones needed the elves because no one who was at a good law firm would ever take a case against bill clinton. accuse a ...

Lawyer, was surprised at how polished and well-crafted these briefs being filed by the paula jones lawyers were. >> i'm sure they're very good attorneys. they're not appellate or supreme court attorneys. after the case was argued, we're out in the hallway. all of the supreme court reporters are saying, "those guys did not write that brief." [ laughs ] >> little did they know that, behind the scenes, there were these elves, who could be very damaging to the president. >> paula jones needed the elves because no one who was at a good law firm would ever take a case against bill clinton. accuse a ...

On may 27, 1997, while the president and first lady were en route to paris, the ruling came down. >> the court has ruled unanimously that the constitution does not protect mr. clinton -- or any other president -- from lawsuits that are unrelated to his official duties. these birds once affected by oil are heading back home. thanks to dawn, rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home