How the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton affair unfolded

How the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton affair unfolded
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How the Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton affair unfolded
Author: Megan C. Hills and Nuray Bulbul
Published: Feb, 26 2025 13:21

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Ms Tripp, who had come forward to talk about Mr Clinton’s alleged sexual harassment of another colleague Kathleen Willey, was grilled extensively by Mr Clinton’s team after Lewinsky shared that she was talking to Newsweek about it.

Interest in Lewinsky, who was an unpaid 22-year-old White House intern when she met 49-year-old Mr Clinton, has grown recently in the wake of the MeToo movement – reassessing the relationship between the pair – as well as the 2020 death of affair whistle-blower Linda Tripp, who passed away of pancreatic cancer.

The Starr Report claimed Lewinsky and Mr Clinton, who was 49 at the time, flirted – which included moments such as Lewinsky showing him “the straps of her thong underwear” as she lifted up her jacket.

A report by independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who investigated Mr Clinton, stated, “During the shutdown, Ms Lewinsky worked in Chief of Staff Panetta's West Wing office, where she answered phones and ran errands.

Although Mr Clinton ended the relationship in February 1996 on President’s Day, he later called her to his office on March 1996 where they resumed their relationship and had a sexual encounter.

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