Newly released footage shows former President Bill Clinton meeting with Monica Lewinsky during an Oval Office photo opportunity in 1997, according to footage that was released on Oct. 3.
The video shows Clinton delivering a weekly radio address on Feb. 28, 1997, before meeting people in the office.
Clinton can be seen speaking with Lewinsky before they pose for a photograph. Lewinsky at the time worked as a White House intern.
Photos from the day were made public long ago, but it is the first time the video was released in full.
The Clinton Library released the footage produced by White House Television crew. It was released via the Freedom of Information Act.
Fox News noted that it was later revealed in the “Starr Report” that Clinton and Lewinsky had a sexual encounter on the same day as his radio address.
In 1998, Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, accused of lying about his relationship. The Senate didn’t convict him.
News of the scandal first broke on Jan. 17, 1998,
on the Drudge Report, which reported that Newsweek editors, at the last minute, killed a story by an investigative reporter exposing their affair. Several days later, The Washington Post ran the story.
Clinton at the time denied the incident. “Now, I have to go back to work on my State of the Union speech. And I worked on it until pretty late last night. But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you,” he said on
Jan. 26, 1998.According to
The Hollywood Reporter, Lewinsky will appear in “The Impeachment of Bill Clinton” series produced by A&E.
The director, Blair Foster, told the publication, “My goal for this series was to do a deep dive into the facts and speak to as many people as possible who were involved.”
The full video can be seen below:
