BC Premier Glen Clark stepped down Aug. 21, a day after a politically fatal court document was released alleging he used his influence to help a friend get a lucrative casino license. He told a news conference in Victoria that for a long time, he didn't know the details of the allegations against him. Clark said he was "completely confident" that he would be exonerated.

Date: 1999-08-21
Placeline: Victoria, BC, Canada
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 19 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << only ten days ago I was permitted for the first time to read the allegations against me and the wiretap evidence accumulated by the police in the course of their investigation they contain scurrilous and unfounded allegations many of which have already been disproven and others of which of course I categorically deny >>

Clip ID: 19990821CPCN002