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Linda Tripp, one of the main protagonists of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which marked the United States in 1998, died on Wednesday (8), her lawyer told AFP.
Specific causes of death were not disclosed, but according to family members, Tripp, 70, suffered from pancreatic cancer.
In 1996, while working at the Pentagon, she became friends with a new colleague, Monica Lewinsky, 22, who had been an intern at the White House.
Lewinsky told him that he had had an affair with Democratic President Bill Clinton. Unknown to the young woman, Linda Tripp went on to record his confidences since 1997. He also convinced her to keep a blue dress stained by the president’s semen.
She then He released the recordings and information about the dress to Special Prosecutor Kenneth Starr, who has been investigating Bill Clinton since 1994., initially on suspicion of corruption and then for sexual harassment.
The prosecutor used the information to charge the president with perjury, a crime of lying in court. Clinton swore, under oath, that she had sex with her inmate.
The investigation led Bill Clinton to impeachment in the Senate, from which he was acquitted in 1999.
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Bill Clinton was involved in a sex scandal with Monica Lewinsky – Photo: AFP
Tripp stated that he acted out of “patriotism”, but was portrayed as false friend and traitor by public opinion
A few hours before the announcement of her death, Monica Lewinsky posted on social media: “Regardless of the past, I heard that Linda Tripp is seriously ill, I hope she recovers.”
