Clinton Narrows Appeal Case; Executive Privilege Claim Dropped; Attorney-Client Issue Pursued From: The Washington Post | Date: June 2, 1998| Author: Susan Schmidt; Peter Baker | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

President Clinton abandoned his claim of executive privilege in the Monica S. Lewinsky investigation yesterday, but vowed to keep fighting independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's attempts to question the president's closest White House confidant by pressing a parallel assertion of attorney-client privilege.

The strategic shift came after a federal judge rejected both claims and Starr last week asked the Supreme Court to hear Clinton's appeal on a rare emergency basis. In respondin...

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