It's been 20 years since the Monica Lewinsky scandal — here's what she's is up to now by Michal Kranz on Jan 11, 2018, 1:58 PM Advertisement
 This week marks 20 years since investigators began looking into the affair between former President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky, ultimately leading to Clinton's impeachment in December 1998, changing American politics forever. But while many Americans today only associate Lewinsky with her role in the high-profile scandal, she has made an impressive career for herself in retail, advertising, and most recently social advocacy. Last year, she joined hundreds of other women in the #MeToo campaign on Twitter. Here's how Lewinsky went from reluctant celebrity to public activist, twenty years after she was thrust into the public spotlight: SEE ALSO: Bill Clinton once lost the nuclear codes for months, and a 'comedy of errors' kept anyone from finding out The events that would eventually lead to Clinton's impeachment took place while Lewinsky was an unpaid White House intern between 1995 and 1996. Lewinsky reportedly had almost a dozen sexual encounters with the former president during this time.  Source: History Channel
After Lewinsky came forward to investigators in the summer of 1997, the story broke in January 1998. Responding to allegations made against him in the media, Clinton made his now-famous denial: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."  Source: History Channel, CNN
Clinton was eventually impeached in December 1998, but was not found guilty for perjury. Meanwhile, Lewinsky's celebrity status was only just beginning to grow.  Source: History Channel, CNN
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
| 
0 comments:
Post a Comment