The managers cast this conversation, this recitation, this series of statements and questions put by the president to Ms. Currie in the most sinister light possible and alleged that the president attempted to influence the testimony of a "witness, " quote, "witness, " unquote, by pressuring Ms. Currie to agree with an inaccurate version of the facts surrounding his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.

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The facts in the letters that were inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable went to the heart of the issues that were being considered by the committee.

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How hard did he try to get the facts straight, which turned out to be inaccurate in that briefing?

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