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(21 Sep 1998) T/I: 11:03:11
Millions of Americans turned on their television sets on Monday to watch the spectacle of President Bill Clinton giving a videotaped explanation of his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Congress released the videotape as debate raged over whether Clinton should face impeachment for alleged offenses including lying under oath about his affair with Lewinsky.
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SOT President Bill Clinton "I think what they were trying to do to her and all these other people who knew nothing about sexual harrasment was outrageous. Just so they could hurt me - so I don't have the same attitude as you do".
Question: Clinton: "In the face of their illegal leaks in a lawsuit they knew was bogus, I knew that I still had to behave lawfully without being particularly helpful. Now it appears they didn't ask follow up questions - they were trying to set me up and trick me. I did my best. I didn't know what I now know. Did ask her to lie about it? No. I will continue to answer questions as best I can."
Sot Clinton: "what I meant was that I did things when I was alone with her that were inappropriate but did not include activity within the definition of sexual relations as given..."
Question: "is oral sex performed on you within that definition as you understood it."
Clinton SOT: "I understood it was not, no."
Question " did you say to John Podesta two days after the story broke, that you did have sexual contact with Miss Lewinsky, were you telling him the truth?"
Clinton, "this is an indirect way of (disagreement with questioner) "oral sex is not sexual relations under this definition".
Question "did you deny oral sex to John Podesta.
Clinton: "in the aftermath of this story breaking...that the next three days are a blur to me - I don't remember who I talked to. I do not remember."
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