Details Of A Settlement Offer

What Jones' lawyers offered Clinton late last year

By Bob Franken/CNN

WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Jan. 27) -- CNN has confirmed the details of an out-of-court settlement offered late last year to President Bill Clinton by Paula Jones' lawyers.

It would consist of the following terms: the president would not have to confirm Jones' charges; the president would have to design a statement on White House stationery, which would read: "I do not deny meeting her in a hotel room. This meeting occurred at my request and my initiation. I apologize for any inappropriate intentions manifested. I believe Paula Jones to be a truthful person. Neither I or anyone else will say anything else."

Clinton would have read the statement at a press conference on December 18, 1997. The president would also have to pay Jones $2.6 million, a figure subsequently reduced to $2 million.

The proposal was rejected outright by the president's lawyer, Bob Bennett.

Tuesday Jan. 27, 1998

• Clinton: Use Budget Surpluses To Fix Social Security
• Lott Charts a Slightly Different Course
• Grand Jury Convened Without Lewinsky Testimony
• Details Of A Settlement Offer
• Lewinsky Allegations Overshadow State Of The Union
• White House Scandal At A Glance
• Report: Lewinsky Allegedly Forged Document
• Hillary Clinton: 'This Is A Battle'
• Chelsea Deals With A Scandal

Analysis:
• Speech Memorable For What Clinton Didn't Say

Poll:
• Clinton Gets A Bounce
• Gender Gap Shows Up In Controversy
• Most Americans Still Have Confidence In Clinton

Profile:
• Kenneth Starr

Transcripts:
• President Bill Clinton's State Of The Union Addresss