Their hope is based mainly on the notion that Miss Lewinsky is not a credible witness.

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In the case of the boat from Libya, the report pieces together what happened from credible witness testimony and other evidence.

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"Mr Evra was a credible witness, " read its report.

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While the IRS auditor did not accept any of this, the IRS attorney who was preparing the case for trial accepted all of it, realizing that she was a credible witness and we had documents supporting that credibility.

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In fact, Mr. Starr has stated in his referral to Congress that his own star witness is not credible except when her uncorroborated testimony conflicts with the president's, and then it proves his perjury.

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