Monday, March 5, 2012

STARR EX-SPOKESMAN FACES TRIAL.(MAIN)

Byline: JOHN SOLOMON Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Kenneth Starr's former spokesman has been charged with criminal contempt and ordered to stand trial next week in a case involving news leaks during the Monica Lewinsky investigation.

Charles Bakaly is being prosecuted by the government before U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson, who as the chief judge of the federal court in Washington oversees matters involving grand jury secrecy.

A trial has been scheduled for July 13, according to documents at the U.S. District Court.

Johnson signed an order June 29 granting Bakaly's request for a public trial in the previously sealed case …

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