Documents released by the Clinton Presidential Library led to a startling revelation: Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., then in private practice, actually considered representing President Bill Clinton before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997 in the legal battle over Paula Jones’ allegations of sexual harassment.
The then acting solicitor general, Walter Dellinger, approached Roberts about the possible representation in 1996 and Roberts did not say no, a person with knowledge of the legal strategizing said. Clinton ultimately stuck with Robert Bennett, a veteran litigator who had represented him in earlier stages of the Paula Jones case but had not previously argued before the Supreme Court.
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