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The new FX limited seriesImpeachment: American Crime Storythe third in atrue-crime anthologythat started withThe People v. O.J.
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The major plot and character beats that shapeImpeachments narrative.
So she leaves her home for that reason.
Tripp continuing to work for the Department of DefenseShe did continue to do her job, yes.
The settlement amount was $595,000, not including some of the back pay.
Tripps obsession over her own media coverageShe definitely was very aware of how she was being portrayed.
She was also upset about various accusations about the book deal and how that factored in to her decisions.
She felt that what happened to Monica Lewinsky was part of this larger story about Bill Clinton.
So she was accused of lying on that form.
There was a huge media blowup over this aspect of the story.
It became really controversial, including how Jane Mayer got that piece of information and who her source was.
She was the one who gave that information.
So this was a big blowup.
or Why would that be helpful to her for this to be out in public?
Is that really worth stopping this affair?
Tripp questioning Vince Fosters suicideShe did bring him up to the grand jury.
She didnt go so far as to say anything definitive.
It was sort of in the ether of what she was saying.
Tripps statement to the press after her testimonyIt was not well received.
She was trying to say, Im you, Im no different than you.
I was in extraordinary circumstances, but I acted in a way that I think other people can understand.
But I think hardly anybody who watched that or was following the story felt that they agreed with that.
It was kind of laughed about.
This was the last public statement she made for quite a while.
That seems to be her stance.
She appeared in front of the grand jury two different times.
Lewinsky winning sympathy from the grand juryShe did.
It was very much like psychoanalyzing her.
And that definitely seems to have gained some of their sympathy.
Like telling her, you’re gonna wanna move past this.
Linda Tripp, what goes around comes around, so you should probably move on from thinking about her.
Then she was asked a lot of questions about that day.
She was asked pretty specifically, Were you told you could not call a lawyer?
And this was investigated by a judge, who ultimately determined that there was not a violation.
But this came under a lot of suspicion, whether there was prosecutorial misconduct.
Because those were the things that she was clear about that conflicted with his testimony.
The cultural impact of the cigarIt was everywhere.
Obviously thats still one of the things people know about this.
The blue dress was probably the No.
1 most salacious thing, but this would be a close second.
It was a blue-and-gold Zegna tie.
There ended up being a lot of media coverage around that.
And Clinton was actually asked about it during his grand-jury testimony.
But Lewinsky had been very focused on his ties in the past, during their relationship.
The judge said, Theres not evidence of that here, so Im throwing this case out.
But that wasnt the end of the lawsuit.
And that deal did not include an apology.
The lawsuit was thrown out on April 1, 1998.
And when Clinton heard the news, he apparently thought it was an April Fools prank.
He was seen dancing and playing a drum in his hotel room.
I dont want to be involved here.
I want to just move on.
So she signed an affidavit as part of that investigation saying that nothing happened between her and Clinton.
They were looking for that in Juanita Broaddricks story, and in what happened to her.
It was pretty clear that, if this got to the Senate, conviction was extremely unlikely.
And they did work to lobby them.
So the political ramifications of all these developments were on everyones minds.
On calling Clinton the creep in her taped conversations with TrippThis came from Monica.
Then that sometimes got shortened to the creep.
And the most obvious answer is that the leaks were coming from the Starr team.
