Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment [Hardcover]

David P. Schippers (Author), Alan P. Henry (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 2000

One of the driving, behind-the-scenes figures in the Clinton impeachment trial was David Schippers, a Chicago prosecutor who made his name by prosecuting mobsters in the 1960s.

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While no one came out of the Monica Lewinsky scandal looking good, David Schippers, the chief investigative counsel for the Clinton impeachment, wants to be sure Americans know just who contributed to the debacle and how. A trial attorney and a Democrat, Schippers was hired by Republican congressman Henry Hyde to lead an oversight investigation of the Justice Department, then was redirected to handle the impeachment. The quintessential honest man, Schippers was shocked, not so much by Clinton's actions (which he calls a far-reaching conspiracy to obstruct justice with perjury, lies, and witness tampering), but by Republican and Democratic politicians who sold out the impeachment process.

If you ever want to vote again, you might not want to know what went on behind the scenes in the Capitol Hill meat grinder leading up to and during the impeachment proceedings against William Jefferson Clinton.... Lies, cowardice, hypocrisy, cynicism, amorality, butt-covering--these were the squalid political body parts that, squeezed through the political processor, combined to make a mockery of the impeachment process.

Of course, Schippers does want you to know what happened, and he also wants you to vote--against those who made the mess. And so he names names--of Republican senators who refused to allow evidence on the floor, of the five Democratic congressmen who never examined the evidence, of the GOP senator who said, "You're not going to dump this garbage on us," and also of the politicians who did an honest job, or at least asked reasonable questions (such as Joseph Lieberman). Schippers also reveals the evidence he was building against the Clinton administration regarding illegal INS actions and Chinagate, but that he was forced to drop. He reviews the successful struggle to get a full hearing in the House and the "flat-out rigged ball game" in the Senate. He discusses the president's pattern of abuse and intimidation of women, including some highly disturbing information regarding Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, and Dolly Kyle Browning.

Most of the documents related to the impeachment are still sealed, so Schippers's story is more diatribe than new information. Perhaps what this book confirms most (besides the ugly, self-serving side of politics) is the chasm between those trying Clinton, who firmly believed that his lying was destroying the structure of government, and those who felt that lying about sex was nobody's business. Schippers is clearly in the first camp: "I do not care what you are lying about. If you're the President of the United States and you lie under oath, you should be removed from office." --Lesley Reed

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing; 1st edition (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895262436
• ISBN-13: 978-0895262431
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (108 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,309 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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102 of 108 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars David Schipper's "Sell Out", August 19, 2000

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Nora Templeton (Pensacola, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment (Hardcover)

Well, if anyone wants to know the real truth, just ask someone who was there. David Schippers has written a hard-hitting book, which causes one to stop and consider just how far our government has slidden from greatness into almost total darkness.

David names names and you will find out what you probably did not want to know. However, those who love this land and what it stands for will want to know the whole truth, however distasteful that may be.

I highly recommend reading this book.

94 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bipartisan Bashing., November 16, 2000

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Christopher B. Jonnes "author of BIG ICE and... (Stillwater, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment (Hardcover)

Anyone who cares enough about freedom and democracy to take the time to cast a vote must read David Schippers' book, "Sell Out." Schippers establishes himself as a fair and independent thinker with high integrity, and then proceeds to tell the true story behind the impeachment of Bill Clinton, revealing the liars and cowards on both sides of the aisle. It's good reading.

But the real story in this book is the revelation on what Schippers was working on before Zippergate pushed it to the sidelines. To this he devotes a few dozen pages early in the book in which he details his investigation of Al Gore's activities with the INS prior to the 1996 election. In an effort to expedite the naturalization of one million immigrants who might be more likely to vote Democratic, Team Gore pressured the INS to suspend standard background check procedures on applicants for US citizenship. The result was 75,000 convicted felons naturalized--20% of whom had re-offended as US citizens within two years--and another 168,000 naturalized without proper fingerprinting and FBI criminal history checks. Clinton/Gore imported criminals to maintain power. Literally thousands of US citizens were needlessly robbed, raped, and murdered as a result.

In light of the other Democratic voter fraud allegations such as giving away cigarettes in Milwaukee, touring the jails to register misdemeanor crooks, and the mysterious disappearing 50,000-vote Bush lead in Florida late on election night, the INS debacle is something worth reading about. Most people have never heard this story. The mainstream Press won't touch it. This is arguably the worst political offense ever committed in this country, if true. Schippers, a life-long Democrat who voted twice for Clinton, shares the facts and makes a convincing case. --Christopher Bonn Jonnes, author of Wake Up Dead.

106 of 118 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sharp, insightful read-would've made Hillary vote 2 Impeach, August 22, 2000

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john sollitto (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment (Hardcover)

The book presents the intricacies of the wars within the impeachment battle so simply and powerfully that a readers emotions cant helped but be stirred, regardless of one's political affilation. Schippers elegantly presents Impeachment's political heroes of principal and the weak willed deal making scoundrels. Over all the book makes the reader see, sadly, the politcal process and the will of its people for what it is. It unfolds like a Greek Tragedy; a must read for political junkies, those of principle, or those that enjoy good battle.