Newly released video shows Bill Clinton with Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office in 1997

Fox News ^ | 10/05/2018 | Alex Pappas

[DFG]

Newly released video this week from the Clinton library shows footage of then-President Bill Clinton interacting with Monica Lewinsky during an Oval Office photo op in 1997 -- on a day that played a starring role in the Lewinsky scandal.

The video shows Clinton delivering his weekly radio address on Feb. 28, 1997, and then greeting attendees in the Oval Office.

Clinton is seen talking with Lewsinsky, who had worked as a White House intern, for several seconds, putting his arm around her and then posing for a photograph. Lewinsky is also seen watching Clinton record the address.

Photos from that day have long been public, but this may be the first time video of the event has been released.

[Beatthedrum]

Is that the day he whizzed all over her blue dress, or the day he stuck a cigar up her vagina and later gave to to Arafat?

[Pollster1]

My first thought: “Clinton got that on video?”

[Liz]

Ever wonder how this thong-snapping slut Monica got that close to a president?

Seems her rich stepfather gave Clinton a very generous campaign donation.......and with the Clintons, money talks.

Has anybody checked whether the stepfather gave to the Clinton Foundation?

[Dixie Yooper]

Arms uncomfortably crossed as soon as she leaves...

[rjsimmon]

President Bill Clinton interacting with Monica Lewinsky during an Oval Office photo op in 1997

Was she under his desk?

[shatcher]

I was noticing his body language too. He is MUCH less friendly than with the previous two staffers. I would love to watch a video of him taking pictures with all of the WH staff and see who else he tenses up with.

[DCBryan1]

My fav:

[\/\/ayne]

A Pentagon source says that Lewinsky was given an instant top-secret clearance, that ``they rushed her clearances through and she didn't get the normal fine-toothed security combing.''

- Loose Lips Sink Ships David Hackworth 1998.

[jjotto]

Yep. BIs are not pass-fail. That’s up to the immediate employer. Congress, BTW, does not use the same process for clearance. Congress is basically an honor system between Congressmen.

[\/\/ayne]

Hackworth is talking about when Lewinsky was handed a job at the Pentagon dealing with Top Secret information.

[jjotto]

Yes, a president can make the call if he wants to.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Is that the day he whizzed all over her blue dress, or the day he stuck a cigar up her vagina and later gave to to Arafat?

I don't think it was whizzed, although it rhymes with whizzed, but starts with J.

[Snickering Hound]

[Buckeye McFrog]

or the day he stuck a cigar up her vagina and later gave to to Arafat?

Actually I kind of like that move.

[JeanLM]

Always wondered how Monica and Linda Tripp happened to become friends and confidants working at the Pentagon with its 25,000 plus employees. Don’t believe they knew each other in the WH. Both were banished there is my recollection. Somebody set that up.

[Crucial]

How did anyone find out about this and did Arafat know?

[Sacajaweau]

Oh.....so noticeable.....very telling....

[\/\/ayne]

Right; the odd thing is when they banished Linda Tripp to the Pentagon (Maybe she was too close to Vince Foster) she was actually highly qualified to work there and already had high clearance. Linda Tripp worked as a secretary for many years in Army Intelligence at Fort Meade before working at the White House.

I was talking to someone on a phone call to the Pentagon in the early 2000's and on the off chance I asked "Hey, do you know Linda Tripp?" Well, the staffer excitedly talked for 5 minutes how great Linda Tripp was and a benefit to the Pentagon. According to this woman (don't remember the name) Tripp was a consummate professional that got things done.

[Libloather]

...Lewsinsky...

Would *Bubba have done it if he only knew? Probably.