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The whole thing seemed disrespectful to her, almost sordid.
Not long after, Nussbaum would leave the White House, replaced by Lloyd Cutler.
Years later, in April 1996, this is where Linda Tripp would meet Monica Lewinsky.
How muchtheACSversion of Linda Trippdeviates from the actual one is up for debate.
According to tapes recorded by Linda Tripp, Lewinsky and Clinton started a sexual relationship in November 1995.
(Ed actually killed himselfon that same datethat the encounter allegedly occurred between Willey and Clinton.)
Clinton has always vehemently denied that anything happened with Willey.
The show seems to embrace Willeysassertionthat Tripp vowed to get even with everybody in this place after being transferred.
Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford)
There is no Bill Clinton impeachment saga without Paula Jones.
(The other is a comedy calledOff the Markfrom 1987.)
So boundaries were a little blurry for Goldberg long before Clinton.
America,on which Martindale played Bella Abzug).
(Spying and audio recordings would become major parts of her legacy.)
Nussbaum was a senior member on the House Judiciary Committee staff that investigated Richard Nixon in 1973 and 1974.
On that committee, he met a young Hillary Rodham, also on the staff.
She had just met a man named Bill.
Clinton ignored this advice and started a process that eventually led to his impeachment.
Nussbaum resigned in March of 1994 as the pressure to turn over documents related to Whitewater got too high.
He was replaced by Lloyd Cutler, seen briefly on the series premiere.
He was born in Hope, Arkansas, and became childhood friends with a young man named Bill Clinton.
So it made perfect sense that Vince Foster would be hired to work in the Clinton White House.
According tothe BaltimoreSun, Linda was appalled by what happened after his death.
She thought he was not treated well by the White House.
She became a news-show staple in the 90s with headline-grabbingcauseslike chemical castration for paroled child molesters.
She was perfect for the Paula Jones saga, andImpeachmentcaptures how she acted as kindling for a growing fire.
However, everything changed in 1998.
On January 17, the Drudge Report revealed thatNewsweekwas prepping a story about the president and the 22-year-old intern.
He would publish the name of Monica Lewinsky the next day.
Coulter studied law at the University of Michigan before getting a job as an aide to Senator Spencer Abraham.
It was contrary to our purpose of bringing down the President.
Its a remarkable career that was launched by the cases of Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky.
She told Isikoff that she had shared her story with her friend Linda Tripp.
As captured onImpeachment, Tripp told Isikoff that there was a much bigger story about to explode.
Isikoff would remain very active in political journalism.
He worked at NBC News and is currently the chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News.
A friend to the Clintons, Jordan helped with Bills transition into the White House in 1993.
At that point, he was appointed the United States solicitor general under George H. W. Bush.
Much of what happens in the sixth episode ofImpeachmentcan be historically traced back to Monica Lewinskys grand-jury testimony.
(For some reason thats changed to 28 years in the show.)
Emmicks handling of Lewinsky would prove controversial.
According totestimonyin 1995, Clinton would use Currie to set up meetings, including the giving of Christmas gifts.
Currie also played a role in the allegations of obstruction of justice.
She is now retired.
He flew to Washington the next day.
In May of that year, Ginsburg published an open letter to Kenneth Starr in a magazine titledCalifornia Lawyer.
(The letter was reprinted in theWashingtonPost.)
Ginsburg ended up representing Monica for only four months before being let go.
He died of cancer in 2013.
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