There have been other insider accounts about the dysfunction of the Trump White House and the president's personal shortcomings, but none have been as revealing or convincing as "Fear," which is based on eyewitness recollections, often supplemented with dates and transcripts of conversations.
A former official who was called before the grand jury in Alexandria, Va., said that he was shown extensive phone records that documented the date and duration of conversations with James Risen, a Times reporter in Washington, and that prosecutors were trying to identify Mr. Risen's sources.
Ms. Lewinsky's recollection of the date of the conversation, the judge said, was influenced by her contact with the independent counsel's office.
An article on Saturday about the status of the investigation into the disclosure of a C.I.A. operative's identity misstated the date of a conversation between the New York Times reporter Judith Miller and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.
Correction: December 29 , 2002 Sunday A review of "Katharine Graham's Washington," on Dec. 8, misstated the date of a conversation between her and the reviewer about the independent presidential campaign of Representative John B. Anderson and thus misidentified the opposing candidates.
A review of "Katharine Graham's Washington," on Dec. 8, misstated the date of a conversation between her and the reviewer about the independent presidential campaign of Representative John B. Anderson and thus misidentified the opposing candidates.
But Judge Leasure said there was no question that Ms. Lewinsky had been exposed greatly to Mr. Starr's investigation, even seeing testimony as to the date of the conversation.
Because Ms. Lewinsky had been subpoenaed on December 19, that false statement about the date of the conversation was a corollary to his other false statement (that he did not know she had been subpoenaed at the time of their last conversation).
The date of the conversation is pivotal because the Maryland law under which Mrs. Tripp is charged specifies that a person is guilty only if it can be shown that she knew at the time of the taping that it was illegal.
The baseline follow-up date was the start of RT and the last follow-up date was the last hospital visit or date of telephone conversation.
