You do if you've already spent 10 million dollars in legal fees and just want it to go away.
I'm pretty sure that if Clinton fought it in court, in front of a jury drawn from an electorate where he still had 60% approval, he'd have had no problem beating the rap... but it would have cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars to do it, and would impede on his ability to earn money in the private sector.
So say, "I done bad, have my law license I haven't used in 20 years in a state I have no intention of moving back to!"
The more worrisome thing. Ken Starr and Robert Ray spent 70 million dollars, and all they came up with was a minor charge that merited a $10,000 fine.
I’m pretty sure that if….
Um, yeah. “pretty sure”, is not usually though of as being a strong criminal defense tactic.