The President denies that he ever asked his secretary, Ms. Betty Currie, to retrieve gifts he had given Ms. Lewinsky, or that he ever asked, encouraged, or suggested that Ms. Lewinsky conceal the gifts.

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On the absence of any such evidence, the mangers have relied on Ms. Lewinsky's testimony that Ms. Currie placed a call to her and told her, depending on Ms. Lewinsky's version, either that the president had said to Betty, Ms. Lewinsky had something for her, or merely that she -- Ms. Currie -- understood that Ms. Lewinsky had something for her.

CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement

Now there being no evidence of obstruction in that conversation, the managers would have you believe that after Ms. Lewinsky left the White House that day, the president must have told Betty Currie to retrieve the gifts from Ms. Lewinsky.

CNN: Transcript: White House Counsel Ruff's opening statement