Monica lewinsky and bill clinton

After graduating from college, Monica Lewinsky took an internship and then a job at the White House. From mid to , Lewinsky was involved in a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. Her taped conversations with the president, and subsequent testimony, led to a media frenzy and a political firestorm. Her father, Bernard Lewinsky, is an oncologist, and her mother, Marcia Kaye Vilensky, is an author who publishes under the name Marcia Lewis. The Lewinskys divorced in

The Monica Lewinsky scandal began in the late s, when America was rocked by a political sex scandal involving President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s. In , the two began a sexual relationship that continued sporadically until During that time, Lewinsky was transferred to a job at the Pentagon, where she confided in coworker Linda Tripp about her affair with the president. Tripp went on to secretly tape some of her conversations with Lewinsky. The House of Representatives impeached the president for perjury and obstruction of justice, but he was acquitted by the Senate. During this time, Lewinsky flirted with the president and the two had their first sexual encounter on the night of November 15 in the White House. Later that month, she took a paying job in the Office of Legislative Affairs.

Monica Samille Lewinsky born July 23, [1] is an American activist, television personality, fashion designer, and former White House intern. President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an affair with Lewinsky while she worked at the White House in — The affair and its repercussions which included Clinton's impeachment became known later as the Clinton—Lewinsky scandal. As a result of the public coverage of the political scandal, Lewinsky gained international celebrity status. She subsequently engaged in a variety of ventures that included designing a line of handbags under her name, being an advertising spokesperson for a diet plan, and working as a television personality.

Ms Lewinsky testified that her physical relationship with the president included oral sex but not sexual intercourse. According to Ms Lewinsky, she performed oral sex on the President but he never performed oral sex on her. Initially, according to Ms Lewinsky, the President would not let her perform oral sex to completion.