Title: Monica Lewinsky - Dress, Bill Clinton & Now - HISTORY
Headings: Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Contents
A Presidential Affair
Linda Tripp and Paula Jones
Kenneth Starr
The Media Frenzy and Grand Jury Testimony
Monica Lewinsky’s Blue Dress
Starr Report and Clinton’s Impeachment
Aftermath of the Scandal
Sources
FACT CHECK: We strive for accuracy and fairness. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
VIDEOS
RELATED CONTENT

Content: Soon afterward, FBI agents fitted Tripp with a hidden microphone so she could tape her conversations with Lewinsky. Additionally, Starr expanded his investigation to include the president’s relationship with the former intern, and federal officials told Lewinsky if she didn’t cooperate with the investigation she’d be charged with perjury. When Clinton was deposed that January by Jones’ legal team, he claimed he’d never had sexual relations with Lewinsky. The Media Frenzy and Grand Jury Testimony
On January 17, 1998, the Drudge Report, a conservative online news aggregator founded in 1995, published an item accusing the president of having a sexual relationship with a former White House intern. The next day, the site revealed Lewinsky’s identity. The mainstream media picked up the story a few days later, and a national scandal erupted. Clinton refuted the allegations against him, famously stating at a press conference, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Monica Lewinsky’s Blue Dress
That July, Lewinsky’s lawyers announced she’d been granted immunity in exchange for her testimony. She also gave Starr’s team physical evidence of her dalliances with Clinton: a blue dress with an incriminating stain containing the president’s DNA.