In 2005, 32-year-old Monica Lewinsky left the frustrated United States and embarked on a plane to London, England.
A storm 7 years ago, after putting her on the cusp, also made her notorious in the United States.
This beautiful girl born into a Jewish family just after finishing college and getting the opportunity to enter the White House as an intern was supposed to be the beginning of a better life, but it was also the beginning of her current wall.
If she had been able to turn back ten years to 1995, she would probably have straightened her waist instead of making the move she now regrets...
One accusation, one scandal
Indeed, if it weren't for the uproar caused by Paula Jones' lawsuit against Clinton for sexual harassment in 1994, Lewinsky and Clinton seem to have been hidden much longer.
In 1994, Paula Jones, a former female secretary of the Arkansas state government, decided to sue Clinton. She claims that in 1991, when Clinton was governor of Arkansas, he forcibly had sex with her in a hotel.
Originally, Clinton had the opportunity to reach an out-of-court settlement with Jones before the matter became a big deal, because Jones proposed $700,000 in compensation while accusing Clinton, which gave Clinton the opportunity to settle the scandal with money.
However, Clinton's insistence on his innocence at the time allowed Clinton's political enemies, Republicans, to use the opportunity to indefinitely lengthen the prosecution and find evidence that could attack Clinton.
Over the course of a lengthy investigation, former White House intern Lewinsky came into the spotlight of some people, and the young woman's delicate relationship with Clinton gave Jones' lawyers a way to threaten Clinton:
Once Clinton's own merry nature is proved, then in the eyes of the jury and the court, all the promises and statements made by Clinton will be greatly reduced in credibility.
What's more, the affair between Clinton and Lewinsky began in 1995, when Clinton had already received accusations from Paula Jones.
In the case of "sexual harassment" allegations, Clinton also "acted against the wind", and Jones' lawyers have reason to believe that the scandal will cause Clinton a great disadvantage in court.
In 1998, the report of independent prosecutor Starr was released to the world by a vote of 363 to 63 in the United States House of Congress. In the 445-page, nearly 110,000-word report, the word "sex" alone was mentioned 581 times.
The core content of the report is intended to accuse Clinton of perjury, abuse of power, interference with justice, and solicitation of witnesses, and also lists sufficient evidence to initiate presidential impeachment.
What makes this report even more enjoyable is that it describes in detail the process of Lewinsky and Clinton's multiple "intimate acts", which is enough to be called the most authoritative and official US presidential "peach news".
One job, one encounter
1995 was an unusual year for both Clinton and Lewinsky.
That year, Lewinsky, who graduated from college, successfully entered the White House and got a job as an intern. Although there is no salary during the internship period, as long as she works steadily, there is a high probability of becoming a regular employee and thus getting a considerable salary.
This year, Clinton, in his third year in office, felt pressure from his political rival, the Republican Party, but like Jones' accusations against him, Clinton paid little attention to these things.
It was in August of that year that Lewinsky, a small intern and a high-ranking president, had his first contact.
At an ordinary farewell party, Lewinsky met the president of the United States, and just one glance at it, he couldn't help himself.
"He took off my clothes with his eyes."
Lewinsky described how he and Clinton felt at the time, and although they were only politely smiling and shaking hands, Lewinsky felt that he was going to be inextricably linked to the "uniquely charismatic" president.
Although Lewinsky met Clinton several times after this and once stood in front of Clinton and took the initiative to speak to him, there was never any new progress.
Clinton just smiled at all her expressions, even making Lewinsky think that Clinton did not remember her name, but Lewinsky still maintained that subtle feeling in his heart, and it became stronger.
It turns out that women's instincts are often surprisingly accurate, especially when judging a man's instincts.
In November of that year, Clinton's government budget was rejected by Congress, and the number of White House staff was suddenly reduced from 430 to 90.
Among the 90 were Lewinsky's name, even though she was still an intern at the time.
Lewinsky's instincts told her that her opportunity was imminent.
For a White House intern, it is not easy to meet the president, but at that time, the White House staff was sharply reduced, and the more work assigned to everyone, the more permissions they were given.
So, when Lewinsky saw Clinton walking by at the door of the chief of staff's office on November 15, the two exchanged greetings, making Lewinsky no longer a simple intern, and Clinton no longer a high-ranking Mr. President who only smiled at Lewinsky.
One action, one absurdity
Almost all subsequent introductions to this "peach news" highlighted the date of November 15.
Because this is the day when Clinton and Lewinsky officially began, and it was also the day when Lewinsky personally rewrote his own destiny, and it was widely believed that Clinton "exposed his nature".
In the afternoon of this day, the then US First Lady Hillary Clinton attended a White House event to take a photo with the Nobel laureate and his family, and it was also on the afternoon of this day that Clinton walked into the office of the chief of staff where Lewinsky worked.
People have been talking about what happened at the White House that afternoon:
Clinton walked into the chief of staff's office, and Lewinsky cocked her hips by bending down to sort out her desk materials, and the blouse that was deliberately lifted slightly moved up, exposing her panty belt.
This extremely explicit action made Lewinsky's friends, who learned about it afterwards, frightened, thinking that her action was a little too much.
If Clinton misunderstood Lewinsky, she would be fired immediately by the White House.
But as we mentioned earlier, women's intuition about men's dispositions is surprisingly accurate.
At eight o'clock that night, Clinton invited Lewinsky to visit the president's oval office and kissed it.
During the kiss, Lewinsky knew that her story with Clinton had officially begun from this moment, and she wrote her name and phone number to Clinton.
Two hours later, Clinton came to her office again and invited her to her private study for a "tour."
It was said to be a visit, but the lights in the private study were half-off, and the ambiguous atmosphere created by the dim light let Lewinsky know the intentions of the president.
The two kissed and touched frantically, and just like that began their "intimacy".
Clinton naturally did not refuse such a young and beautiful girl who took the initiative to "throw herself into her arms and give her embrace." Clinton recalled to Lewinsky the day they first met, "I knew that day I would kiss you someday." ”
Whether it was from the sincerity of the time. It was Clinton who coaxed Lewinsky's rhetoric, and Clinton, who broke the layer of window paper, was no longer the Mr. President who kept smiling and kept his distance from Lewinsky, but a middle-aged man who seemed to be in love.
Just two days later, on November 17, Lewinsky was once again in the Oval Office...
Clinton was on the phone with a member of Congress who seemed to enjoy the "way of working."
The days that followed were pleasant for Lewinsky, not only to be able to do decent work in the White House, but also to make eye contact with her favorite Mr. President, who loved this secret ambiguous behavior and even fantasized that she could become Clinton's wife.
Clinton has told Ms. Lewinsky more than once that there are problems with her married life with Hillary: "I'm not the only one in our marriage." ”
Clinton told Lewinsky: "I would like to think about whether to continue this marriage after the presidency is over." ”
I don't know if Lewinsky successfully seduced Clinton, or whether Clinton's rhetoric really made Lewinsky fall into the sweet trap of love.
They exchanged gifts, flirted on the phone, and although the relationship could not be made public, Lewinsky felt the taste of love, and even felt the thrill and excitement of this underground state of relationship.
A friend, a betrayal
Although Lewinsky thought he was well disguised, as Clinton had more and more contact with her, almost all White House staff were aware of what was going on between the two.
The frequent meetings between Mr. President and the intern were detected by anyone, fearing that this "open secret" would affect Clinton, and later, Lewinsky's boss transferred her to the Department of Defense and let Lewinsky leave the White House.
For the next ten months, Clinton and Lewinsky did not see each other, and they could only talk by phone for comfort.
The long lonely time made Lewinsky, a girl who had just stepped into love, feel bitter in her heart, and then a person walked into her life...
Linda Trip, a middle-aged woman in her forties, was keenly aware of this abnormal transfer, a young girl who was frowning all day, and took the initiative to befriend her.
Lewinsky considered Linda her best friend, and the older woman always eased her distress with her rich experience and gentle and appropriate words, and after she promised that she would not reveal her secret, Lewinsky opened her heart to her.
Linda, who originally just wanted to solve the young girl's worries, did not expect that the source of Lewinsky's distress came from the White House.
This surprised Linda, but also played her own calculations behind her back, she had long known about Jones v. Clinton sexual harassment in 1994, and she was keenly aware that Lewinsky had the key to dealing with Clinton.
When guiding Lewinsky to tell about her "love" with President Clinton for the second time, Linda secretly prepared a voice recorder, recorded the conversation between them, and deliberately guided Lewinsky to tell the details.
In fact, even if Linda records more dialogues just so far, it will not be of much use in the future, because these are only Lewinsky's own accounts, and there is no decisive evidence.
To everyone's surprise, it was Clinton herself, or rather, Clinton's words, that left decisive evidence for the Clinton and Lewinsky scandals.
It was a phone conversation after Mr. Lewinsky was transferred to the Department of Defense, and between affectionate conversations, Clinton said that he would transfer Mr. Lewinsky back to the White House as soon as he won re-election.
Whether Clinton was unintentional or not, Lewinsky, who was caught in the agony of love and undesirability, was obviously intentional by the listener, and she wrote down Clinton's words and told them to Linda.
However, after Clinton's successful re-election, Lewinsky did not wait for the news of his transfer, and Linda, who knew the reason for Lewinsky's anxiety, encouraged Lewinsky to take the initiative to be bold as he did at the beginning.
Lewinsky, who heard Linda's suggestion, had no doubts, and she placed an ad in the Washington Post, and Clinton invited Lewinsky to the White House to see the weekly radio recordings, and of course, to "visit" the study of the Oval Office.
This long-lost reunion made Lewinsky show more enthusiasm than before, and it also made it difficult for Clinton to control.
For the first time, he did what Lewinsky wanted, and thanks to Lewinsky's efforts, he left his mark on Lewinsky's dark blue dress.
This is Lewinsky's trophy, and it has become substantial and crucial evidence of the relationship between the two.
Lewinsky categorically did not expect that his perceived best friend would later decide to provide all the recorded evidence, despite his pleading.
And the dark blue dress, which was not cleaned because of Linda's so-called "this is precious evidence of love", was preserved by Lewinsky as a treasure.
One impeachment, one storm
In 1998, Jones v. Clinton "sexual harassment" When Jones' lawyers began collecting evidence of Clinton's affair, Lewinsky quickly came into his sights.
Lewinsky submitted written testimony declaring that she had no special relationship with the president and that she tried to persuade Linda to keep it a secret for her.
Clinton initially swore in public that he had not had an "intimate relationship" with Lewinsky.
Corinda was not as "friends" as Lewinsky had hoped, and the long dark blue dress that Lewinsky had kept became decisive evidence.
Linda secretly handed over the recorded evidence she kept to independent prosecutor Starr, who intervened in the investigation and eventually issued the Starr Report.
Lewinsky had to reveal the facts, and in the face of the DNA test results of the physical evidence extracted on the long skirt, Clinton could only admit that he had an affair with Lewinsky and made a nationally televised speech apologizing to the American people.
All of Jones' claims against Clinton were dismissed by the judge, and the two sides settled privately out of court, allowing Jones to receive $850,000 in damages.
It's just that the crisis facing Clinton has changed from a "small" sexual harassment prosecution to an impeachment initiated by the Republican Party.
Because of Clinton's inconsistent words and deeds and obvious lies in this matter, the Republican Party launched an impeachment against Clinton on the grounds of "perjury, obstruction of justice, and solicitation of witnesses", which is also the core content of the Starr Report.
Although the Republican Party initiated the impeachment of Clinton under the crisis public relations between Clinton and the Democratic Party, it also made Clinton the third president to be impeached in US history, which really caused him a lot of trouble.
It coincided with 1998, the midterm congressional elections for Clinton's second term, and the Republican Party gained the upper hand in the midterm elections because of the turmoil caused by Clinton and Lewinsky.
This also led to the dissatisfaction of many conservatives with Clinton and the Democratic Party he represented, and indirectly influenced the loss of Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton administration two years later.
The Clinton and Lewinsky affair has evolved from peach news to a political event.
For Lewinsky, who has just graduated from college, she has little idea of what kind of consequences will be caused by the exposure of an ambiguous relationship with the then-president, and it is natural to get carried away after falling in love.
But for Clinton, he should have a corresponding judgment and prediction of what the consequences of this matter will be.
But he didn't, he naturally accepted Lewinsky's temptation, and naturally took the initiative to unzip his trousers. The media gave this matter the name of a "zipper door" to satirize Clinton for not being able to control his trouser chain and allowing his desires to drill out.
epilogue
In 2005, the notorious and disheartened Lewinsky left the United States to pursue a master's degree in the United Kingdom, and returned in 2014, meeting and marrying the son of a wealthy Indian man, and later publishing an autobiography.
When the crisis arose, Clinton's public relations not only helped Clinton resolve the crisis, but also lived more and more moistly; But he became Clinton's "scapegoat" and the "source of guilt" for seducing Clinton.
Although she said that there was "you and I will" with Clinton, she now regrets it a lot, because the exposure of this incident has made her unable to find any job, and her life is almost desperate.
And the other woman in this matter, Clinton's wife Hillary Clinton, although after the outbreak of the crisis, showed strong public relations skills, showing a good wife and mother image of "even after the crisis and ups and downs, I still love my husband deeply" to help Clinton save his dignity.
But Hillary, who has always made it her mission to "fight for women's rights", is in a dilemma about her husband and women, which seems to have influenced her later candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
This absurd peach-colored storm, in a mess, also fell dust over time.