26, 1998 Diana Walker-Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Bill Clinton emphatically denying having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, during a White House event with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at his side, on Jan. 26: President Clinton denies the report on television, uttering what would become one of the most memorable lines of the scandal: “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Pres. FBI tests, however, find no DNA evidence on Lewinsky’s clothes. 21: Drudge publishes allegations that Lewinsky had kept a “garment with Clinton’s dried semen.” Mainstream news outlets pick up his report over the course of the week. A conservative legal group that had volunteered to fund her lawsuit had gotten an anonymous tip about Lewinsky, so Jones’ lawyers subpoenaed Lewinsky in hopes of arguing that Clinton displayed a pattern of workplace harassment. Jones claimed she suffered emotional damage after Clinton exposed himself to her in an Arkansas hotel room in May of 1991. 7: Lewinsky signed an affidavit stating that she never had a sexual relationship with Clinton, at the request of attorneys representing Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of sexual harassment in 1994. Below is a glimpse, with two decades of hindsight, at how that historic year unfolded. Marco Rubio called out a journalism intern over a story - to President Trump’s addition of Clinton impeachment lawyer Emmet Flood to his own legal team. whaddya think? (too corny?) RETWEET if you survived the unimaginable in your life □□♥️⚡️- Monica Lewinsky (she/her) January 16, 2018Īnd even 20 years later, the scandal continues to serve as a reference point for American politics, from Lewinsky’s tweets - for example, her quip that “blaming the intern is so 1990s” after Sen. on this 20th (!!!) anniversary, thinkin' maybe we could try a survivor's chain. □□♥️⚡️ for 20 years, i've marked 16 jan as the day i survived another year from 1998.
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