Barr testimony to Senate Judicial Ctee

[Big RR]

The point that I have been making for some time is that that defense of Clinton, which seemed reasonable at the time, has come back to bite us in the age of Trump. The moral high ground is prone to flooding.

Can't argue with that.

[Econoline]

What would have happened if Clinton had simply REFUSED to testify under oath in regard to ANYTHING about his sex life? (i.e., just as Trump has refused to testify under oath in regard to, well, anything he's EVER done or said, either in or out of public office...)

My guess is that he might have been held in contempt, but maybe not, and he might have been impeached at that point (with a much more likely removal from office), much as might well have happened if Nixon made a bonfire on the WH lawn and burned the tapes.

I specified that Clinton's refusal would have been ONLY for questions regarding his private, consensual sex life; I'm no lawyer, but I think there could be a strong legal case made that such questions were clearly outside the bounds of the Whitewater investigation. And FWIW, I think that asking Donald Trump any questions about his private sex life (ewwww...I don't even want to think about that)—as opposed to financial shenanigans (i.e., payoffs) that violated election laws—should also be off-limits and that he would be right to refuse to answer such questions.