Their sexual relationship began in —when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was 22 years old—and lasted 18 months, ending in House of Representatives.
He was subsequently acquitted on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a day U. Senate trial. Supreme Court. It is believed that Clinton began a personal relationship with her while she worked at the White House, the details of which she later confided to Linda Tripp , her Defense Department co-worker who secretly recorded their telephone conversations. In January , Tripp discovered that Lewinsky had sworn an affidavit in the Paula Jones case , denying a relationship with Clinton.
She delivered tapes to Ken Starr , the independent counsel who was investigating Clinton on other matters, including the Whitewater controversy , the White House FBI files controversy , and the White House travel office controversy. During the grand jury testimony, Clinton's responses were carefully worded, and he argued "it depends on what the meaning of the word is is", [ 7 ] with regard to the truthfulness of his statement that "there is not a sexual relationship, an improper sexual relationship or any other kind of improper relationship".
This scandal has sometimes been referred to as "Monicagate", [ 9 ] "Lewinskygate", [ 10 ] "Tailgate", [ 11 ] "Sexgate", [ 12 ] and "Zippergate", [ 12 ] following the "-gate" construction that has been used since the Watergate scandal. Lewinsky said she had sexual encounters with Bill Clinton on nine occasions from November to March According to her published schedule, First Lady Hillary Clinton was at the White House for at least some portion of seven of those days.
In April , Lewinsky's superiors relocated her job to the Pentagon , because they felt she was spending too much time around Clinton. Richardson did so, and offered her a position, which she declined. Lewinsky confided in Linda Tripp about her relationship with Clinton. Goldberg also urged Tripp to take the tapes to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and bring them to the attention of people working on the Paula Jones case.
