The Clintonites owed this portion of their victory in part to shrewd  For weeks, they had argued that Starr was in collusion with Jones' lawyers.
Star was not colluding with Jones' lawyer.  
mnli hypothesis: Star was not colluding with Jones' lawyer.   premise: The Clintonites owed this portion of their victory in part to shrewd  For weeks, they had argued that Starr was in collusion with Jones' lawyers.