[NYP] The seeds of a scandal that nearly brought down a president were planted almost 25 years ago — when 23-year-old Monica Lewinsky confided in her colleague Linda Tripp that she had been having sexual relations with Bill Clinton. Tripp died in April of pancreatic cancer, but her memoir, "A Basket of Deplorables: What I Saw Inside the Clinton White House" has been published posthumously by Post Hill Press. In this exclusive excerpt, Tripp reveals when she first learned of the affair.I first met Monica Lewinsky in April 1996, when she was transferred from the White House to the Pentagon’s Public Affairs Office. I had been transferred to the same office in May 1993, long before Monica had started at the White House.
Monica’s arrival at the Pentagon meant that political appointees had better tread carefully. She had clout and was not shy about letting us know it. She belonged to someone with influence. There was simply no other explanation for how or why this 23-year-old woman landed at this particular desk in the Pentagon.
Monica made sure that everyone in the office knew that her current position would only be temporary. She was going back to the White House right after the November election.
As August approached, and even though Monica had not admitted it, I was becoming more and more certain that her benefactor was Bill Clinton.
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