WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, February 9) -- Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Tuesday he has written a letter to Independent Counsel Ken Starr, and another senator said it asks whether any White House tapes exist that might shed light on the relationship between President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.

Assistant Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles (R-Oklahoma) confirmed the contents of the letter. White House spokesman Joe Lockhart has denied that any tapes exist.

"There are none," Lockhart said, "and Lott knows it."

Lockhart called the letter a "last gasp effort" by the losing side in the impeachment trial.

The New York Post reported in Tuesday's editions that Lott decided to write the letter after hearing rumors about a White House taping system on Fox News last week.

Lott said he planned to send the letter on Tuesday and would likely release it to the media.

Tuesday, February 9, 1999

• Senate wraps up first day of impeachment debate; vote set for Thursday
• Senators condemn closed-door impeachment deliberations
• Roll call votes on closed-door deliberations
• Lott seeks any White House tapes on Clinton-Lewinsky affair
• Transcript: Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton -- Day 17
• Elizabeth Dole outlines conservative themes in New Hampshire speech
• Clinton's 2000 budget pours millions into civic technology
• Voter turnout lowest since 1942
• Presidential hopefuls need lots of cash
• Rev. Jackson sharply criticizes New York Gov. Pataki
• House Republicans work on legislative agenda
• Rep. Talent will seek Missouri governorship
• ABA ends 20-year support for independent counsel law

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