That type of settlement I would stay away from. If Garn went to her and offered to pay her off to stay quiet, that would be witness tampering. If she came to him demanding money to stay quiet, that's extortion. Neither would have had a good ending.

Sexual abuse of a child is quite the stretch based on what has been revealed. I think the only crimes they'd have a chance with would be related to the 2002 payoff, where they should both be charged.

And the winner of the most ridiculous and irrelevant comment of the day is...

Ah Algore. The very same person who screamed, at the top of his lungs, that George Bush was a fear-monger has spent the better part of a decade beating his own fear drum about the impending doom caused by man's presence on Earth. You have obviously partaken at his kool-aid trough and been back for refills. Prevent climate change? Really? He knows better than the Earth itself? An Earth that has been in a constant state of change for its entire existence? Come on. I expect more from someone educated enough to use the term "ethical imperative". His ranting is the height of arrogance. To preach that he can predict the end of the world when the best of meteorologists can only predict out 5 days with 20% accuracy? How many millions has Gore made while beating his drum. At least Bush liberated millions of people. Gore would rather we all regress (except him of course) economically by 100 years and transfer the great wealth of this country into the hands of the American hating UN. Sorry. No thanks.

Fireman, better get some munchies cause it's gonna be a long wait. Natan, The only crime committed with regard to the leases was the fraudulent representations to get into the auction and the fraudulent bids placed and parcels won. Bush pushing the envelope to allow for the extraction of a very valuable natural resource from some of the most desolate land around, which would have provided badly needed jobs to a very depressed region is hardly comparable to the ridiculous antics of this elitist punk.

Nothing in what you just said indicates Bush's action was illegal or unjust. The fact that Obama reversed his predecessor's actions, in several areas, is merely political in nature, not an indication of legality. And Utah's most spectacular public lands? Are you kidding?