->  EC> Clinton had a prosecutor who was willing to let the charges
go in return
->  EC> for an admission, paying a fine, and handing over his law license.
->  EC> Libby had a prosecutor who insisted on jail time, but who in the end
->  EC> didn't get it.

-> Isn't the term for what you just described in the above paragraph called a
-> "plea bargain"?  :)

The effect was the same, although Clinton couldn't be indicted until
after he left office and he wanted to make the deal BEFORE losing that
protection.

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