She would become an ally for Lewinsky through the rocky relationship, but a subpoena in the Paula Jones case (and a potential book deal) would lead Tripp to record her new BFF, a decision that serves as one of the major dramatic through-lines of Impeachment. Reports differ as to whether Lewinsky explicitly told Tripp that her boyfriend drama involved the president before the 1996 election (as portrayed on the show), but Tripp claims she had figured it out. Years later, in April 1996, this is where Linda Tripp would meet Monica Lewinsky. The meeting between Cutler, Tripp, and Kathleen Willey in the premiere episode is reportedly true, as is the fact that Tripp was pushed over to the Pentagon’s public-affairs office, which gave her a raise (that some questioned as a payoff) but a diminished role in the administration and, at least according to the show, loathsome working conditions. Not long after, Nussbaum would leave the White House, replaced by Lloyd Cutler. The whole thing seemed disrespectful to her, almost sordid.” According to the Washington Post, she felt that “Clinton officials acted as though they had a lot to hide: rifling Foster’s office, looking for God-knows-what. When Foster died by suicide after a series of scandals, Tripp became both convinced that she would soon be forced to testify in front of Congress about one of them and furious at a White House that appeared to let one of its most trusted soldiers fall. A holdover from the Bush administration into the Clinton White House, she worked alongside Bernie Nussbaum and Vince Foster as special assistant to the counsel of the president. Photo: Left: FX, Right: Roberto Borea/AP/Shutterstockīorn in November 1949, Linda Rose Tripp grew up in New Jersey, getting a job at Fort Meade out of high school. ![]() ![]() So we’re maintaining this regularly updated, roughly chronological guide to the historical figures of Impeachment, filling in some of the background the show misses and noting what Murphy and his team of writers have chosen to spotlight - and why. Of course, this means a cast of performers embodying the real-life figures embroiled in the saga, from household names to those forgotten even by people who lived through the ’90s. Co-produced by Lewinsky herself, Impeachment seeks to shift the narrative of this true story from late-night jokes about the blue dress to how politics and jealousy affected the real women of this story. No, it’s not about either of Donald Trump’s, but rather the one that dominated headlines a quarter-century ago, when President Bill Clinton was accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors” related to his relationship with an intern named Monica Lewinsky. Ryan Murphy returns to the world of American Crime Story with the third installment in the anthology series, Impeachment.
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