Jordan Under Scrutiny

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WASHINGTON: Vernon Jordan has been spared his day before the grand jury Thursday, bumped by fellow Clinton confidant Bruce Lindsey and a legal tussle over executive privilege. But Jordan, the Washington power broker, is back in the media spotlight and faces a growing pile of evidence that he was far more wrapped up in the Monica Lewinsky affair than he has previously admitted.

Special Report The usual suspects prosecutors familiar with the case told the Washington Post of a sudden burst of contact between Jordan and the former intern during December and January: Four meetings, a dozen phone calls and a ride in a chauffeured limo. That's circumstantial, but what the prosecutors claim is that Jordan expended all this energy to find Lewinsky a job at Revlon a mere three days after he learned she was to be a witness in the Paula Jones suit. What this shows is that Whitewater prosecutors appear to be working toward a Jordan indictment, either for suborning perjury or obstructing justice. Note to Ken Starr -- if you want to try a groundbreaking civil rights lawyer, don't do it in D.C.