Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) and Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) tell their own sides to this epic saga to the Grand Jury in the penultimate episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story.
The episode, entitled The Grand Jury, finds these former friends telling 23 strangers in the Grand Jury what happened.
Meanwhile, after her explosive confrontation with Bill Clinton (Clive Owen), Hillary (Edie Falco) seems ready to forgive her husband as they take on their (many) enemies together.
Grand jury: Monica Lewinsky (Beanie Feldstein) and Linda Tripp (Sarah Paulson) tell their own sides to this epic saga to the Grand Jury in the penultimate episode of Impeachment: American Crime Story
Strangers: The episode, entitled The Grand Jury, finds these former friends telling 23 strangers in the Grand Jury what happene
The episode begins in a cafeteria of some sort, with people making breakfast, when LInda tries to help a woman make waffles.
Two men in suits whisper behind her, as the woman thanks her for helping her make the waffles, and as the woman goes back to her friends, she whispers, ‘That’s Linda Tripp.’
Linda calls her boss to complain about creating a manual for her old job, as we cut between her on the phone and her interactions with people at the hotel she’s staying at.
Help: The episode begins in a cafeteria of some sort, with people making breakfast, when LInda tries to help a woman make waffles
Complain: Linda calls her boss to complain about creating a manual for her old job, as we cut between her on the phone and her interactions with people at the hotel she’s staying at
Linda is seen cutting newspaper articles out of the paper when she gets a visit from her daughter Allison (Emma Malouff) comes by with her mail.
She tells her daughter that the judge has told her not to talk to anyone, which is why she’s staying at the hotel.
She tells her daughter that she’s going to give a speech, once she’s ‘free’ of al this, and she’s going to simply, ‘tell my side of the story.’
Mother and daughter: Linda is seen cutting newspaper articles out of the paper when she gets a visit from her daughter Allison (Emma Malouff) comes by with her mail
Speech: She tells her daughter that the judge has told her not to talk to anyone, which is why she’s staying at the hotel
The episode picks back up with Monica getting ready for the Grand Jury, as her mother Marcia (Mira Sorvino) checks in on her, saying it’s not ‘fair’ that the President got to testify from home and not ‘paraded’ out like she will be soon.
Monica is getting ready to leave when she sees that Bill is wearing a tie she gave him, but Monica insists she’s, ‘not gonna let it mess me up.’
Monica arrives at the courthouse with a throng of press awaiting as she walks by them all without saying a word.
Getting ready: The episode picks back up with Monica getting ready for the Grand Jury, as her mother Marcia (Mira Sorvino) checks in on her, saying it’s not ‘fair’ that the President got to testify from home and not ‘paraded’ out like she will be soon
Tie: Monica is getting ready to leave when she sees that Bill is wearing a tie she gave him, but Monica insists she’s, ‘not gonna let it mess me up’
Real Monica: The Real Monica Lewinsksy leaves her vehicle to testify to the grand jury in early August 1998
Inside, Mike Emmick (Colin Hanks) is getting set up with a female member of the team, Karen Immergut (Lindsey Broad), who says this is the first thing beyond secretarial work she’s been allowed to do by Starr.
Emmick says that Starr is ‘old-fashioned’ and adds that some of these questions are going to sound better being asked by a woman.
Monica arrives, takes the oath, and asks if she’s going to know anybody’s names, but there can be no identifying data for the jury, which seems to disappoint her.
Karen: Inside, Mike Emmick (Colin Hanks) is getting set up with a female member of the team, Karen Immergut (Lindsey Broad), who says this is the first thing beyond secretarial work she’s been allowed to do by Starr
Old fashioned: Emmick says that Starr is ‘old-fashioned’ and adds that some of these questions are going to sound better being asked by a woman
Oath: Monica arrives, takes the oath, and asks if she’s going to know anybody’s names, but there can be no identifying data for the jury, which seems to disappoint her
Monica reveals that they kissed the first time they met, during the government shutdown, as Karen presses for details.
Karen asks flat out if she performed oral sex on the President, as Monica says it’s embarrassing, but she swears they won’t ‘dwell on it.’
Monica admits they did, and they present a detailed chart with a number of sexual encounters, as Monica says she’s so embarrassed she wants to ‘hide under the table.’
Shutdown: Monica reveals that they kissed the first time they met, during the government shutdown, as Karen presses for details
Flat out: Karen asks flat out if she performed oral sex on the President, as Monica says it’s embarrassing, but she swears they won’t ‘dwell on it’
Hide: Monica admits they did, and they present a detailed chart with a number of sexual encounters, as Monica says she’s so embarrassed she wants to ‘hide under the table’
Monica is asked if there was any non-sexual aspects of the relationship, which she explains briefly, adding, ‘I think back on it and… He always made me smile when I was with him.’
Karen calls for a break, which is granted by the grand jury.
Monica is in the hallway during the break as she gets an odd look from one of the Black female Grand Jury members.
Non-sexual: Monica is asked if there was any non-sexual aspects of the relationship, which she explains briefly, adding, ‘I think back on it and… He always made me smile when I was with him’
Mike Emmick asks why she lied about her relationship under oath, and she makes it clear that the President didn’t ask her to lie, nobody did.
The Grand Jury has questions of their own, as they ask why she kept the dress, adding that Linda told her she looked heavy in it and she never wore it again.
Another jury member asked if her mother discouraged it, and she said yes, but she said she loved him.
Lied: Mike Emmick asks why she lied about her relationship under oath, and she makes it clear that the President didn’t ask her to lie, nobody did
Jury questions: The Grand Jury has questions of their own, as they ask why she kept the dress, adding that Linda told her she looked heavy in it and she never wore it again
The woman who exchanged a look with Monica in the hallway angrily asks about her relationship with another married man, and asks if she believed it was wrong.
‘My intention, when I came to Washington was to start over. I did not want to have another affair with a married man because it was horrible,’ she says
The woman brings up her previous relationship with Andy Bleiler, with Monica adding that what Kate and Andy Bleiler said on TV wasn’t exactly true.
Angry: The woman who exchanged a look with Monica in the hallway angrily asks about her relationship with another married man, and asks if she believed it was wrong
Start over: ‘My intention, when I came to Washington was to start over. I did not want to have another affair with a married man because it was horrible,’ she says
Not true: The woman brings up her previous relationship with Andy Bleiler, with Monica adding that what Kate and Andy Bleiler said on TV wasn’t exactly true
She wants them to call her Monica, as they share a bit of a rapport with the jurors when one asks if she still loved him.
She said that, in the end, ‘It turns out he’s not who I thought he was.’
One juror wants to know about when Mike Emmick encountered her, but he tries to stall, and they all want to hear about it.
Loved: She wants them to call her Monica, as they share a bit of a rapport with the jurors when one asks if she still loved him
One juror asks why she didn’t ask for her lawyer, and she said she did but they said she’d get in trouble.
They ask what happened when she got up there, but Monica wants Mike to leave the room, though Karen can stay.
He reluctantly agrees and leaves the room, as Monica says that if she called her lawyer it could not be good for her immunity.
Leave: They ask what happened when she got up there, but Monica wants Mike to leave the room, though Karen can stay
The more she tells the Grand Jury they are definitely sympathetic with her, as she tells them they said she could get 28 years in jail.
She says she was mad, ‘mostly at myself,’ but also for putting the ‘President at risk,’ as one of the jurors says they ‘put you in a trap,’ with another adding, ‘that’s what they do.’
They ask her if there is anything that she wants to say, because they want her to have her full side of the story told.
Mad: She says she was mad, ‘mostly at myself,’ but also for putting the ‘President at risk,’ as one of the jurors says they ‘put you in a trap,’ with another adding, ‘that’s what they do’
Full side: They ask her if there is anything that she wants to say, because they want her to have her full side of the story told
‘I guess I want to say that no one asked me to lie. And I was never promised a job for my silence. Mostly I’m sorry. I’m really sorry for everything that happened. And I hate Linda Tripp,’ Monica says, as the jurors certainly agree.
Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) is in Beverly Hills, getting her nose job explained by Dr. Loeb, who Susie (Judith Light) says does ‘wonderful work.’
Susie asks why Steve (Taran Killam) isn’t there, and she asks if he’s still mad about losing his job at the airport and she says she is.
Hate Linda: ‘I guess I want to say that no one asked me to lie. And I was never promised a job for my silence. Mostly I’m sorry. I’m really sorry for everything that happened. And I hate Linda Tripp,’ Monica says, as the jurors certainly agree
Nose job: Paula Jones (Annaleigh Ashford) is in Beverly Hills, getting her nose job explained by Dr. Loeb, who Susie (Judith Light) says does ‘wonderful work’
Susie asks if she’s nervous, and Paula says, ‘I just hope people stop making fun of my big old awful nose.’
Linda Tripp returns to her home and finds no reporters there, so she goes through her mail over some soup, when she finds an envelope with The New Yorker.
She starts reading the piece, featuring a caricature of her, though she doesn’t react much.
Nervous: Susie asks if she’s nervous, and Paula says, ‘I just hope people stop making fun of my big old awful nose’
New Yorker: Linda Tripp returns to her home and finds no reporters there, so she goes through her mail over some soup, when she finds an envelope with The New Yorker
Bill and Hillary Clinton are smiling and clapping along to some piano accordion musicians, before Hillary gives a brief speech and introduces her husband.
Later in the Oval Office, he asks Betty (Rae Dawn Chong) to have the First Lady come see him as he goes through a list of some kind.
Hillary arrives and Bill says he wanted to say something, as he opens up about why he did what he did with Monica.
Smiles: Bill and Hillary Clinton are smiling and clapping along to some piano accordion musicians, before Hillary gives a brief speech and introduces her husband
Say something: Hillary arrives and Bill says he wanted to say something, as he opens up about why he did what he did with Monica
‘Most men of our age, they… They find their wives so dull they cringe when she talks at dinner. I pity those men. They don’t have what I do. I gave in to a disgusting impulse. Because I didn’t know how to walk down the hall and say to my best friend that this job is lonely and I’m worn to the bone… …And I’m dead inside half the time,’ he begins.
‘There’s been hell raining down on us from the day we walked into this place. You know, every move we make– the right, the press, they seize, attack and drag us through the streets over nothing. And I know it’s stupid, but when Newt shuts down the government, and Starr has slithered into our lives to look for malfeasance in every line of every receipt of every piddly thing we’ve ever bought, I thought I had to be strong for us,’ he adds.
‘And instead, I f***ed it all up. When it first came out, I was so ashamed I wanted to crawl in a hole and disappear. I couldn’t bear what I’d done to you and Chelsea. I couldn’t face telling you, I just couldn’t. So I made it worse and I lied. Everything good in my life comes out of us together. I don’t know who I am without you. I know you said you didn’t care why it happened. But I wanted you to know,’ he concludes.
Pity: ‘Most men of our age, they… They find their wives so dull they cringe when she talks at dinner. I pity those men’
Every move: ‘There’s been hell raining down on us from the day we walked into this place’
Ashamed: ‘And instead, I f***ed it all up. When it first came out, I was so ashamed I wanted to crawl in a hole and disappear’
Hillary asks, ‘Is that all?’ And Bill replies, ‘No. I love you. That’s all,’ but Hillary just calmly walks out of the office.
Linda is going through a box of papers at home when Allison asks about the article in The New Yorker, where it’s revealed she was arrested for a teen prank, but Linda is extremely upset about the box – which is all wrong for what she needs.
Linda takes the box into the office to see Ken (Jim Rash), asking if he oversaw sending this package.
That all?: Hillary asks, ‘Is that all?’ And Bill replies, ‘No. I love you. That’s all,’ but Hillary just calmly walks out of the office
Linda and Allison: Linda is going through a box of papers at home when Allison asks about the article in The New Yorker, where it’s revealed she was arrested for a teen prank, but Linda is extremely upset about the box – which is all wrong for what she needs
Oversaw: Linda takes the box into the office to see Ken (Jim Rash), asking if he oversaw sending this package
Ken lets it slip there is going to be an investigation on her, because The New Yorker article revealed she was arrested as a teen and lied about it on her application.
Two FBI agents visits Juanita Broaddrick (Ashlie Atkinson), asking if she was ‘truthful’ when she signed her name to that statement.
Paula is back at home with Steve, with Paula saying the judge did a ‘summary judgment’ and they threw out the case.
Investigation: Ken lets it slip there is going to be an investigation on her, because The New Yorker article revealed she was arrested as a teen and lied about it on her application
Summary: Paula is back at home with Steve, with Paula saying the judge did a ‘summary judgment’ and they threw out the case
Steve angrily asks how much money they’re getting, but she says they get nothing, as Steve gets angry, saying he wanted the money from the Clinton deal as they get into an argument.
Paula is angered because she only did this because he wanted her to, and he says she sounds, ‘pretty f***ing stupid’ right now, with her nose bandaged from the nose job.
For the first time on the show, she starts to fire back at Steve, angrily telling him she, ‘got a bad nose, which I didn’t even know I had until you made me do this and be on TV and people laughed at me, but… But I did it, like I always do what you say.’
Deal: Steve angrily asks how much money they’re getting, but she says they get nothing, as Steve gets angry, saying he wanted the money from the Clinton deal as they get into an argument
Stupid: Paula is angered because she only did this because he wanted her to, and he says she sounds, ‘pretty f***ing stupid’ right now, with her nose bandaged from the nose job
Angry: For the first time on the show, she starts to fire back at Steve, angrily telling him she, ‘got a bad nose, which I didn’t even know I had until you made me do this and be on TV and people laughed at me, but… But I did it, like I always do what you say’
‘You think I liked moving to California, where I’ve never seen so many people who smile while they hate you and it makes my skin f***ing crawl and it’s sunny all day?’
Steve wonders if it would be better back home where, ‘everyone knows exactly who you are and what you did?’
This is the final straw for Paula Jones, as she realizes that her own husband doesn’t believe her.
Skin crawl: ‘You think I liked moving to California, where I’ve never seen so many people who smile while they hate you and it makes my skin f***ing crawl and it’s sunny all day?’
Exactly: Steve wonders if it would be better back home where, ‘everyone knows exactly who you are and what you did?
‘You think I did it. You think I went up there and I gave him a blow job. Yeah, okay, okay. I can take this from Jay Leno and people laughing at me at Vons, but… from you? You’re supposed to believe me! We are fighting to show people that he did me wrong!’ she says.
‘All this is… all the press conferences and all the magazines and-and the TV shows and the lawyers and more lawyers and more lawyers– it’s just me trying to get you to believe me! Which we both know you never did, so you know what? If you want to say I’m stupid, well, f**k you! But most of all, if I’m stupid on one thing, it was believing that you were any more than a chickens**t a**hole who cared about me at all!’ she screams at her husband.
Steve starts to leave but he stops and looks back, which makes Paula laugh, as she adds, ‘Oh you think I’m gonna ask you to stay?’ before he leaves.
Wrong: ‘You think I did it. You think I went up there and I gave him a blow job. Yeah, okay, okay. I can take this from Jay Leno and people laughing at me at Vons, but… from you? You’re supposed to believe me! We are fighting to show people that he did me wrong!’ she says
Not staying: Steve starts to leave but he stops and looks back, which makes Paula laugh, as she adds, ‘Oh you think I’m gonna ask you to stay?’ before he leaves
The show cuts back and forth between Monica listening to the tapes that Linda recorded, while Linda testifies about these tapes during her Grand Jury testimony.
They both listen to one of the earlier tapes where Monica jokes it’s her ‘fantasy’ to have him wear one of her ties every day.
Linda started to describe what would happen on the calls, when one of the jurors asks if she wanted Monica to stop calling her.
Tapes: The show cuts back and forth between Monica listening to the tapes that Linda recorded, while Linda testifies about these tapes during her Grand Jury testimony
Stop: Linda started to describe what would happen on the calls, when one of the jurors asks if she wanted Monica to stop calling her.
Linda says yes, but the juror asks why didn’t you just tell her to stop calling?
‘Well, at a, at a certain point, you can’t unring a bell. You talk like this was a grave situation and harmful for Monica, right?’ Linda says, but the juror points out they were joking about it on the tape as they wonder if it was serious or joking.
The jurors start to ask why she would record the conversations in the first place, and why she would come forward at all since it was a ‘private matter.’
Stop: Linda says yes, but the juror asks why didn’t you just tell her to stop calling
Serious or joking: ‘Well, at a, at a certain point, you can’t unring a bell. You talk like this was a grave situation and harmful for Monica, right?’ Linda says, but the juror points out they were joking about it on the tape as they wonder if it was serious or joking
Why: The jurors start to ask why she would record the conversations in the first place, and why she would come forward at all since it was a ‘private matter’
‘This was a very young staffer in a workplace with the most senior official in that workplace making choices that were causing her severe distress. She told me on more than one occasion she wanted to kill herself. And still, the president of the United States used her to meet his needs. He had total control. His behavior was unconscionable. It was an abuse of power. I had to end it,’ Linda said.
Emmick asks when she began to ‘document’ Monica she was under enormous stress, and she said if she didn’t have proof they would come after her, but they all scoff at her.
She insists that the President’s lawyer made a ‘defamatory statement’ about her in Newsweek and she was ‘sure’ she was going to be subpoenaed in the Paula Jones case.
End it: ‘This was a very young staffer in a workplace with the most senior official in that workplace making choices that were causing her severe distress. She told me on more than one occasion she wanted to kill herself. And still, the president of the United States used her to meet his needs. He had total control. His behavior was unconscionable. It was an abuse of power. I had to end it,’ Linda said
Defamatory: She insists that the President’s lawyer made a ‘defamatory statement’ about her in Newsweek and she was ‘sure’ she was going to be subpoenaed in the Paula Jones case
She thought she might lose her job, ‘or worse,’ if she told the truth under oath, insinuating she might be killed, which the jurors find incredulous.
She gives an example of what happened to her former boss, Vince Foster, who killed himself, but she insinuated maybe he didn’t, but they’ll never know.
‘And I was angry. And I resented it. And still do,’ Linda says, but a juror asks, ‘Did you ever think about what would happen to Monica when all this came out?’ but she doesn’t answer.
Worse: She thought she might lose her job, ‘or worse,’ if she told the truth under oath, insinuating she might be killed, which the jurors find incredulous
Never know: She gives an example of what happened to her former boss, Vince Foster, who killed himself, but she insinuated maybe he didn’t, but they’ll never know
Her daughter Emma is waiting outside, and she says she doesn’t have to do this right now, as she goes onto the courthouse to make her now-infamous statement.
‘I understand that there’s been a great deal of speculation about just who I am and how I got here. Well, the answer is simple. I’m you. I’m just like you. I’m an average American who found herself in a situation not of her own making,’ she began.
‘Because I am just like you, I ask you to imagine how you would feel if someone you thought was a friend urged you to commit a felony. Imagine how you would feel if your boss’s attorney called you a liar in front of the whole country. And imagine if that boss was the president of the United States,’ she adds.
Statement: Her daughter Emma is waiting outside, and she says she doesn’t have to do this right now, as she goes onto the courthouse to make her now-infamous statement
Speculation: ‘I understand that there’s been a great deal of speculation about just who I am and how I got here. Well, the answer is simple. I’m you. I’m just like you. I’m an average American who found herself in a situation not of her own making,’ she began
‘Imagine how you would feel if your employer demoted you and cast you aside, for daring to tell the truth. Imagine how it would feel to see the pain in your children’s eyes when they hear a seemingly endless barrage of lies about their mother. A mother who is not going out to defend herself. I’ve been vilified for taking the path of truth. I’ve been maligned by people who have chosen not to tell the truth, and who know they are not telling the truth,’ she said.
‘To cast me in the role of the villain, they have enlisted legions of paid prevaricators. Not surprisingly, many from the entertainment industry have chosen to ridicule me as well. Going so far as to even make fun of my appearance in a manner so mean and so cruel that I pray none of you is ever subjected to it. Despite all of that, I bear no malice towards anyone in this case. I believe in our country. As I said, I am no different than any of you. I believe you have the right to tell the truth under oath without fear of retribution or worse. (Sighs) I hope that when all the facts are revealed, you’ll understand that it is a right all of us should be fighting for. Thank you,’ she concludes.
While it was said before she won’t be taking any questions, she’s asked right away why she betrayed Monica Lewinsky, as she walks away.
Imagine: ‘Imagine how you would feel if your employer demoted you and cast you aside, for daring to tell the truth. Imagine how it would feel to see the pain in your children’s eyes when they hear a seemingly endless barrage of lies about their mother
No surprise: ‘To cast me in the role of the villain, they have enlisted legions of paid prevaricators. Not surprisingly, many from the entertainment industry have chosen to ridicule me as well
Betrayed: While it was said before she won’t be taking any questions, she’s asked right away why she betrayed Monica Lewinsky, as she walks away.
Back at the Oval Office, Bill is watching news programs which all say that he lied to the country, which would clearly necessitate impeachment proceedings.
Bill Clinton talks about Andrew Johnson, ‘the worst leader this country has ever seen,’ and he was the only one to be impeached… ‘until now.’
Hillary says there are, ‘forces who have been trying to take my husband down and I won’t let them.’
Worst leader: Bill Clinton talks about Andrew Johnson, ‘the worst leader this country has ever seen,’ and he was the only one to be impeached… ‘until now’
Won’t let them: Hillary says there are, ‘forces who have been trying to take my husband down and I won’t let them’
Hillary mentions that the polls go up but Bill says nobody is looking at the polls, as Hillary says she can forgive him.
‘They just need permission to forgive you. Which is something that you can’t give them. But I can,’ Hillary says.
Karen interviews Monica privately, but they’re still under oath, as Monica needs to give her details about each physical interaction.
Polls: Hillary mentions that the polls go up but Bill says nobody is looking at the polls, as Hillary says she can forgive him
Monica can’t remember if he unhooked her bra… whispering to Karen that ‘This is embarrassing,’ as Karen whispers, ‘I know.’
Karen keeps asking specific details as Monica just thinks about how many people are going to read this, but she has to answer pursuant to the agreement.
‘The president… Uh, got a call, so we moved into a back office. While he was on the phone… …He put his hand, uh, down my pants and he… Stimulated that area,’ she said.
Details: Karen keeps asking specific details as Monica just thinks about how many people are going to read this, but she has to answer pursuant to the agreement
Call: ‘The president… Uh, got a call, so we moved into a back office. While he was on the phone… …He put his hand, uh, down my pants and he… Stimulated that area,’ she said
She added it was, ‘through my underwear at first and then he placed his hand under my underwear’ adding he brought her to orgasm.
Karen moves to March 31, 1996, where they detail the now-infamous ‘cigar’ incident, as she explained how that happened.
‘We were talking, um, in the Oval Office… One day and he was, uh, he-he was chewing on a… cigar and he looked at it in a sort of… …naughty way and I said, ‘We can do that sometime.’ So we did,’ she said.
Cigar: Karen moves to March 31, 1996, where they detail the now-infamous ‘cigar’ incident, as she explained how that happened
Talking: ‘We were talking, um, in the Oval Office… One day and he was, uh, he-he was chewing on a… cigar and he looked at it in a sort of… …naughty way and I said, ‘We can do that sometime.’ So we did,’ she said
She added after he did that, he put the cigar in his mouth and tasted it, with Monica saying, ‘He said it tasted good.’
Karen has just one last question for Monica, which, ‘goes to your motivation. Do you for any reason want to hurt the president?’
‘No, that’s the last thing I want,’ Monica says somberly.
Motivation: Karen has just one last question for Monica, which, ‘goes to your motivation. Do you for any reason want to hurt the president?’
Karen says she’s done, saying she did a great job, but when she goes to leave, Monica asks if Karen is having a boy or a girl.
Karen says she’s having a boy, and Monica says, ‘Mazel tov,’ as Karen says, ‘For your sake, I hope this is goodbye.’
Back in Starr’s office, he says he wants the full report ready for Congress in just two weeks, by Labor Day, when a staffer comes back with Juanita Broaddrick’s new interview, where she’s changing her statement.
Great job: Karen says she’s done, saying she did a great job, but when she goes to leave, Monica asks if Karen is having a boy or a girl
Goodbye: Karen says she’s having a boy, and Monica says, ‘Mazel tov,’ as Karen says, ‘For your sake, I hope this is goodbye.
Statement: Back in Starr’s office, he says he wants the full report ready for Congress in just two weeks, by Labor Day, when a staffer comes back with Juanita Broaddrick’s new interview, where she’s changing her statement
Starr asks what she’s saying, as he says, ‘That Bill Clinton raped her.’
He adds there was no ‘quid pro quo’ and no one from the Clinton’s pressured her and she hasn’t had contact with them since the 80s… but Starr doesn’t want it in the report.
‘We can’t be cluttering the report with all the various sexual experiences from his past,’ but he begs Ken to read it.
Cluttering: ‘We can’t be cluttering the report with all the various sexual experiences from his past,’ but he begs Ken to read it’
‘Perjury and obstruction of justice. Those are our grounds for impeachment, not some lady who changes her mind about what happened one night,’ Starr adds, telling him he can, ‘put her in a footnote’ if he wants to, as the episode comes to an end.
The preview for the Impeachment finale teases the Clinton’s preparing for impeachment as Monica says she would have done anything to protect him, while Linda calls him a cheater and a liar who ruins lives and will do anything to get away with it.
The finale of Impeachment: American Crime Story airs Tuesday, November 9 at 10 PM ET on FX.
Adaptation: Impeachment is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President
Scandal: The real-life scandal first unfolded in January 1998 on The Drudge Report website, which was later picked up by mainstream media outlets like The Washington Post
Evidence: While Clinton, who was in his second term as President at the time, denied the allegations at first, more and more evidence came to light
One-time friend: Such evidence included a semen-stained blue dress that Lewinsky had been encouraged to save without cleaning, by her one-time friend Linda Tripp