George Steffy did it back in 1998 with the “Ellen Romestch” Defense.
It worked to stop the impeachment proceedings, and it’ll keep the MSM on the reservation today.
Not that the MSM needs to be intimidated - the overwhelming majority of reporters are already loyal Leftists - but there are occasionally those who must be hitched up to the whipping post for the rest of the hired hands to see...
Good memory. But the Ellen Rometsch strategy only worked in the Senate. The House courageously impeached Clinton even after several Republican Members’ affairs were exposed.