10 Facts About Lewinsky scandal

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Lewinsky scandal was acquitted on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day U S Senate trial.

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Lewinsky scandal's was hired during Clinton's first term in 1995 as an intern at the White House and was later an employee of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

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In January 1998, Tripp discovered that Lewinsky scandal had sworn an affidavit in the Paula Jones case, denying a relationship with Clinton.

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Lewinsky scandal's delivered tapes to Ken Starr, the independent counsel who was investigating Clinton on other matters, including the Whitewater scandal, the White House FBI files controversy, and the White House travel office controversy.

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Lewinsky scandal confided in Linda Tripp about her relationship with Clinton.

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Lewinsky scandal's turned over a semen-stained blue dress to the Starr investigators.

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7.

The missile strikes caused anti-Semitic canards to spread in the Middle East that Lewinsky scandal was a Jewish agent sent to influence Clinton against aiding Palestine.

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Democratic Party candidate and sitting vice president Al Gore said that Clinton's Lewinsky scandal had been "a drag" that deflated the enthusiasm of their party's base, and had the effect of reducing Democratic votes.

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Clinton said the Lewinsky scandal had made Gore's campaign too cautious, and that if Clinton had been allowed to campaign for Gore in Arkansas and New Hampshire, either state would have delivered Gore's needed electoral votes regardless of the effects of the Florida recount controversy.

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Polling showed that the scandal continued to affect Clinton's low personal approval ratings through the election, and analysts such as Vanderbilt University's John G Geer later concluded "Clinton fatigue or a kind of moral retrospective voting had a significant impact on Gore's chances".

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