Impeachment Episode 4: fact vs. fiction in the Tripp-Lewinsky tapes.
SlateImpeachment: American Crime Story is a saga of multiple betrayals: of Paula Jones by her advisers, of Hillary Clinton by her husband, and of Monica Lewinsky by her confidante, Linda Tripp. But you see, that has always been the White House disinformation, too, you know, evil money-grubbing Mrs. Goldberg, hint hint, wink wink, in New York City, wink wink, is doing in the President just to make a crummy gossipy book.” Tripp, meanwhile, told Slate’s Leon Neyfakh that financial considerations had nothing to do with her decision to tape, declaring that she didn’t want to tape her private conversations but she felt like she had no choice. Vernon Jordan Convinced she’ll never be brought back to the White House, Lewinsky tells Clinton she’s moving to New York and asks if he can help her get a job there. Lewinsky told the Starr investigation that Jordan gave her a “playful slap” on the rear, “as if to say, ‘Get out of here, kid.’ ” Tripp’s suggestion that Jordan could help Lewinsky get a job was far from altruistic. That Blue Dress Down in the dumps after realizing that Clinton no longer wants to see her and that she’ll never get her White House job back, Lewinsky invites Tripp over for a drink that turns into a sleepover.
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