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Clinton is Almost Impeached
Monica Lewinsky now, pictured for a Me Too Vanity Fair article
The Intern - Bill Clinton’s Affair
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“I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.” - Bill Clinton But according to Monica Lewinsky, he did. Nine times. The White House staff tried to intervene and stop the affair by relocating her to the Pentagon and asking UN ambassador, Bill Richardson, to interview her for a position, which she declined. Lewinsky confided in friend Linda Tripp about the affair. Tripp had told Lewinsky to save the gifts and a stained dress from one of their interactions as an “insurance policy”. Tripp later taped the two and brought
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them to the attention of the Paula Jones Case workers later on. Although, Lewinsky submitted an affidavit that denied a sexual relationship with Clinton in the case.
She even tried convincing Tripp to committ perjury on the stand. Tripp instead gave the tapes to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Starr broadened his investigation of the Whitewater controversy to include Lewinsky and her perjury.
Hillary Clinton remained faithful to Mr. Clinton throughout the scandal and public humiliation, and even said “The Great Story here for anybody willing to find it and write about it and explain it is this vast rightwing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for President.”
The Clinton Administration remained swift about their denials to the allegations.
It all worked until Lewinsky was granted transactional immunity in exchange for a grand jury testimony. She turned in the
Hillary Clinton
stained dress that Tripp advised her to keep and the semen sample matched Clinton’s blood sample, providing evidence that there was an affair. Clinton then confessed to a grand jury that he had engaged in an “improper physical relationship” admitting that his relationship with
Bill Clinton conducting a speech for a rally.
Lewinsky was “not appropriate”. Clinton however dodged any perjury charges by claiming that he thought the question, “Have you ever had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky” meant being in contact with her private areas, and did not include receiving pleasure from her. Clinton was also acquitted for the charges of perjury and obstruction of justice for impeachment.
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