Starr submits Clinton report

WASHINGTON (AP) - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr yesterday sent the House of Representatives what he deemed "substantial and credible" evidence that President Clinton committed offenses that may warrant impeachment by trying to cover up his extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky.

On a day dreaded at the White House since Starr's investigation began in January, two government vans containing the 445-page report and 36 sealed boxes of grand jury material arrived at the Capitol at 4 p.m., culminating an unprecedented eight-month investigation that has explored the most intimate details of Clinton's life and forced him to admit that he lied to the nation.

The sealed report details alleged perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power by the president during the Paula Jones civil lawsuit and the subsequent Starr inquiry, according to sources close to the investigation.

The delivery of the report, which could be made public tomorrow, set in motion the gears of the presidential impeachment process for the first time since Watergate and marked only the third time in American history that a chief

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