Photo: /Tina Thorpe/FX The new FX limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story — the third in a true-crime anthology that started with The People v. O.J. Simpson and continued with The Assassination of Gianni Versace — covers the events leading up to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in December 1998, with a heavy emphasis on the fallout from his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
After watching “Man Handled,” Kaplan talked about Lewinsky’s long, traumatic, and, at times, surreal day with her interrogators, Tripp’s uncomfortable role in the sting operation, and the questionable strategy used to persuade Lewinsky to cooperate.Tripp’s feelings going into the day “Obviously they’re throwing this together pretty last-minute, but it was surprising the extent to which they were unprepared for her reaction. They thought that this would potentially go down very quickly and she would agree to cooperate.”“This whole episode draws very heavily on Lewinsky’s recollections. Obviously, she’s the person this is happening to. And so a lot of this is described in her authorized biography, these repeated attempts to ask for a lawyer. Being rebuffed in different ways.
“These misconduct accusations ended up coming before a federal judge, and the judge ruled that the Starr team didn’t do anything wrong here. Basically, because she hadn’t been charged with a crime and was free to go if she wanted, she didn’t have a right to an attorney in that moment that could be violated. But the judge also criticized the prosecutors for talking to Lewinsky about a possible immunity deal without a lawyer present. So that was a contentious issue here too.
“Then they did get dinner at Mozzarella’s American Grill, where they have the conversation pretty much as depicted. She asked, ‘Okay, can you walk me through? Where are you getting the number of years in prison from?’ And ‘What are the charges you’re talking about here?’ She apparently paid for her own dinner because she did not want to owe them anything.
MadelineSKaplan Bill Clinton got impeached by people some of whom were doing the same thing that they impeached him for. Even Rhodes Scholars have moments of stupidity. All he had to do was have an executive order delivered to Hillary, stating: You need to 'back that thang up more.' 🤣🤣🤣
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