Clinton Scandal Essay, Research Paper
The evidence against President Clinton
for sexual misconduct is very strong. There have been too many scandals
that have surrounded his presidency. This forces the citizens of the United
States to deny his plea of innocence. In the spring of 1995, Monica Lewinsky
graduated from Lewis and Clark College. She then started an unpaid internship
at the White House. Allegedly in November of that year, she became involved
in a sexual relationship with President Clinton. Shortly after this point
Lewinsky was hired as a full-time White House employee. She left the White
House for a public affairs position at the Pentagon. Here she became friends
with Linda Tripp, a former White House employee, who worked in the same
office. During this time President Clinton apparently sent gifts to Lewinsky,
most importantly in the case against him a dress, which she saved as a
souvenir, had the President’s DNA on it.
With things heating up in the Paula Jones
case, the President asked Lewinsky to lie about visits to his office. Turning
her back on Lewinsky, Tripp taped telephone conversations between herself
and Lewinsky about the affairs with Mr. Clinton to setup him up. Lewinsky,
allegedly quoting Mr. Clinton, said, “Look them in the eye and deny it.”
After anonymous tips are given to a firm connected with the Paula Jones
case, Lewinsky decided to leave the government and find a new job.
On January 7, 1998, Monica Lewinsky signed
a sworn affidavit in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case, stating she
did not have an affair with the President. Following this, Linda Tripp
brought the recorded phone conversations to Independent Counsel for the
Paula Jones case, Kenneth Starr. With assistance from the FBI, Tripp wore
a wire while Lewinsky lead her step-by-step through her entire sexual relationship
with Mr. Clinton. The following day, Lewinsky gives Tripp points on how
to respond to Paula Jones’ lawyer’s questions. After receiving news of
this Starr requested from a federal panel, the ability of an expansion
of his ongoing investigation. The following day, President Clinton, who
was under oath, denied an affair with Lewinsky. Four days later, the story
of the tapes became public knowledge. The President stated in an interview
with Jim Lehrer of PBS on the same day, “There is no improper relationship”(Clinton
1998). He also stated in this interview that he “didn’t ask anybody not
to tell the truth.”(Clinton 1998). In using a double negative, Mr. Clinton
could possibly be telling the people of the United States that he did have
an affair, without expanding on it. With all of the allegations against
the President seeming to the public to be against his favor, he will be
found guilty and should be impeached. If this is a conspiracy against him,
the conspirator or co-conspirators will face major indictments.