

Simpson murder trial and the hunt for Gianni Versace's killer that we didn't know we needed until we saw them. Which was the long-awaited third installment of the anthology series that previously brought us the takes on the O.J. The whole spectacle-from the sexual relations that most definitely did occur, the stained blue dress Lewinsky had to turn over to the Feds and the infamous cigar to the rabid partisan hunger for Clinton's downfall, the sexual harassment lawsuit that laid the foundation for so many lies to be told and the second-ever impeachment of a sitting president-is the subject of FX's Impeachment: American Crime Story, recognized with a 2022 Emmy nomination. 15, 1995, when Lewinsky was a 22-year-old White House intern, and effectively ended on March 29, 1997.Īll of which proved so much catnip for an independent counsel named Ken Starr, who was already investigating Clinton for other alleged malfeasance when Tripp brought him tapes featuring 20-plus hours of girl talk. Once intended to be fodder for a tell-all Tripp was hoping to write about the Clinton White House, she soon imbued her efforts with a greater purpose: Taking the president down. The "treacherous bitch" was Tripp, and what she did was secretly record phone conversations she had with Lewinsky while pumping her for details about her office romance with the commander-in-chief, which began Nov. "Make her stay and watch," Lewinsky told the federal prosecutors who greeted her in Room 1012 at the Ritz-Carlton in Arlington, Va., to question her about the nature of her relationship with the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton. "I want that treacherous bitch to see what she has done to me." She was just the first one unlucky enough to have Linda Tripp for a confidante. Monica Lewinsky was far from the first young woman to have an affair with a married American president.
