She also reportedly retrieved gifts Mr. Clinton gave Ms. Lewinsky that had been subpoenaed.

Mrs. Currie also retrieved several gifts that Mr. Clinton had given Ms. Lewinsky, an action that prosecutors have suggested was performed at his behest and might have constituted obstruction of justice.

The contrasting accounts concern who told Mrs. Currie to show up at Ms. Lewinsky's apartment last winter to retrieve gifts that Mr. Clinton had given Ms. Lewinsky, the lawyers said.

He noted her recollection that the President's personal secretary came to her apartment at 2 P.M. on Dec. 28, 1997, to retrieve gifts the President had given her.

She also retrieved gifts that the President had given Ms. Lewinsky.

They also include evidence that they say demonstrates that he obstructed justice through trying to help Ms. Lewinsky find a job and retrieve gifts that had been subpoenaed in the Jones case.

Ms. Currie testified that Ms. Lewinsky asked her to retrieve gifts the President gave her.

Ms. Currie could help the President's case by reiterating that he did not instruct her to retrieve gifts, one of the allegations the prosecutors have emphasized.

The President denies that he ever asked his secretary, Ms. Betty Currie, to retrieve gifts he had given Ms. Lewinsky, or that he ever asked, encouraged, or suggested that Ms. Lewinsky conceal the gifts.

The article said that Ms. Currie, the President's secretary, had retrieved gifts he had given to Ms. Lewinsky and that the President had talked to her about questions he had been asked concerning Ms. Lewinsky.