6 Rumors About Monica Lewinsky Amid Bill Clinton Scandal, Debunked

One of the biggest misconceptions about the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal is that it directly caused the impeachment of the 42nd president of the United States. In fact, the prosecutors made it clear they were not charging the then-president for having sexual relations with a White House intern. Likewise, Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel who brought the impeachment case in the first place, noted that it was centered around Clinton allegedly engaging in an "unlawful effort to thwart the judicial process," (via The Guardian ). Starr elaborated, "The evidence suggests that the president repeatedly used the machinery and the powers of his office to conceal his relationship with Monica Lewinsky from the American people, from the judicial process in the Jones case, and from th