Death of American Virtue - Ken Gormley [506]
there were unrebutted allegations: Morton, Monica’s Story, 30.
There were also charges: Leen, “Role Puts Spotlight,” A1.
“we had a total disagreement”: Bernie Lewinsky, interview by author.
felt particularly “defensive”: Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author.
Although Linda Tripp and Bernie: Among other things, Bernie Lewinsky would point out that his ex-wife called him months before the “sting” of Monica by Starr’s office, seeking to seal their divorce records. He later concluded this was likely because she knew Monica’s affair with Clinton might be exposed. Bernie Lewinsky, interview by author.
(Monica herself): Monica Lewinsky, Grand Jury Testimony, 1138.
“had been begging [Monica]”: Marcia Lewis, Grand Jury Testimony, 1 Feb. 1998. 60–65.
“waiting on pins and needles”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“I remember certainly thinking”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“If the president had”: Ginsburg would later describe it as expanding “from a real estate matter into a sexual witch hunt.” William Ginsburg, interview by author.
the “fire sale” was: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“You rejected”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“a Gestapo Nazi technique”: William Ginsburg, interview by author.
Ginsburg “didn’t even look”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“My girl isn’t going down”: William Ginsburg, interview by author.
Jackie Bennett was seething: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“NEWSWEEK kills”: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 339–40.
“The cat was out”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“Why hadn’t Clinton just defaulted”: William Ginsburg, interview by author.
“It was all too much”: Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
Ginsburg next sobered up his: Morton, Monica’s Story, 196; Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 265–66.
Both Monica and Marcia cried: Marcia Lewis Straus, interview by author.
He had helped file: William Ginsburg, interview by author.
“I’m here just to be”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
Ginsburg and Speights would leave: Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 50–51; Michael Emmick, interview by author.
All these things were causing: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
He was now “babysitting”: interview by author; Monica Lewinsky, interview by author.
Mike Emmick and Bruce: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
He did not suffer: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
If Lewinsky had to be charged: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
“There’s no way!”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author; Schmidt, The Truth at Any Cost, 52.
“He had been standing”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
Jackie Bennett slapped: Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 267.
The chance for “undercover”: Michael Emmick, interview by author.
Lewinsky would have to make: Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 267–68.
“This isn’t working”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“Will you accept service”: William Ginsburg, interview by author. OIC prosecutors, on the other hand, insisted that they were simply taking necessary steps to “make sure that if the father had any documents that were pertinent,” Ginsburg would hand these over (Michael Emmick, interview by author).
“went berserk”: Jackie Bennett, interview by author.
“Let’s go, Monica”: Robert J. Bittman, interview by author.
Ginsburg informed her that Starr’s prosecutors: William Ginsburg, interview by author; Morton, Monica’s Story, 197; Jackie Bennett, interview by author; Schmidt and Weisskopf, Truth at Any Cost, 53; Toobin, A Vast Conspiracy, 268.
407: The Starr prosecutors could hear: Robert J. Bittman, interview by author.
Chapter 32: A Presidency in Peril
innocuous headline: “Clinton Gives Netanyahu Plan to Aid Peace Process,” Washington Post, 21 Jan. 1998.
Later versions of newspapers delivered: Isikoff, Uncovering Clinton, 344.
“a shotgun shot”: John Podesta, interview by author.
Clinton had planned: John F. Harris, “Clinton Denies Affair, Says He Never Asked Former Aide to Lie,” Washington Post, 22 Jan. 1998, A1.
“There is no improper”: Federal News Services, “Clinton: ‘There Is No Improper