in response to the december 1993 trooper charges, bruce lindsey, who was a senior white house staffer, said: "these allegations are ridiculous. similar charges were made, investigated and responded to during the campaign. there is nothing that dignifies a further response." lindsey said that clinton had specifically denied the central points of the allegations. regarding the specific question of whether troopers were offered jobs for silence, lindsey said that clinton had telephoned one of them, but "any suggestion that the president offered anyone a job in return for silence is a lie."