As a former Chicago prosecutor, David Schippers thought he had seen everything—treachery, double crosses, sellouts. But what he
saw behind the scenes at the Clinton impeachment shocked him to his core. This is his story—the story from a man who knows more
than anyone else about what went on behind closed doors leading up to the impeachment of President Clinton.
David Schippers, the former Chief Investigative Counsel of the House Judiciary Committee, and a loyal Democrat, went against his party, the press, and
public opinion to build a powerful case against the most corrupt President in American history and bring him to justice.
But in this startling book, Schippers shows how the entire impeachment process was what Chicago politicians call a “First Ward election.” In
other words, a rigged ball game, a tank job, a sellout. And he tells you who took the dives.
In Sellout you'll learn:
—Which GOP Senator told Schippers and the brave House Managers, “You're not going to dump this garbage on us.”
—Which Democrats neverbothered to examine the evidence—because they simply didn't want to know.
—Which GOP Senator shouted, “I don't care if you prove that [Clinton] raped a woman and then stood up and shot her dead—you are not going to get sixty-seven votes.”
—Why Democrats and Republicans conspired to conceal the most damning evidence of impeachable, even criminal, offenses.
—How a note handwritten by the President himself offers evidence of perjury.
—How Clinton tried to keep his women quiet.
—How Schippers unraveled a “criminals for Clinton” conspiracy involving immigrants hurriedly naturalized for Democratic votes—a program run from the office of Al Gore.
—How Republicans cooperated with Janet Reno's Justice Department to keep the LaBella report on possibly impeachable Clinton-Gore fundraising offenses secret.
Sellout is a stunning indictment of President Clinton's corruption—and of the congressional leaders who let him get away with it.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Sellout
- 2. Three Strikes, We're Out
- 3. The Call
- 4. Injustice for All
- 5. The 800-Pound Gorilla
- 6. Gut Check
- 7. Contemptible Behavior
- 8. Stonewalling
- 9. Starr to the Stand
- 10. Abuse of Power
- 11. A Lie Is a Lie
- 12. Impeached!
- 13. Weak Knees and Monica
- Appendix A The Evidence
- Appendix B The Voice of the People
- Acknowledgements
- Index
