Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies
Source: CNN - Breaking News
Linda Tripp, who secretly recorded her conversations with Monica Lewinsky about the then-intern's relationship with former President Bill Clinton, has died, according to her mother, Inge Carotenuto, and her former attorney, Joseph Murtha.
Tripp had previously been treated for breast cancer.
Tripp, a friend of Lewinsky's at the time, turned the 20 hours of tapes over to special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. The scandal ultimately led to Clinton's impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice, though he was ultimately acquitted in the Senate.
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SergeStorms
(19,186 posts)jb5150
(1,177 posts)..
PaulRevere08
(449 posts)idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,917 posts)lapfog_1
(29,192 posts)so...
Polly Hennessey
(6,787 posts)such thing. The news brought a smile to my face.
agingdem
(7,805 posts)Linda Tripp is dead..good
olegramps
(8,200 posts)azureblue
(2,145 posts)"I'm sure she is a lot more comfortable now. I hear she liked the heat."
lastlib
(23,154 posts)...but there have been some obituaries I have read with great pleasure! This is one of them...
(okay, ALMOST never......exceptions made for members of the GOPee crime syndicate)
DinahMoeHum
(21,774 posts)n/t
2naSalit
(86,330 posts)winstars
(4,219 posts)lapucelle
(18,187 posts)By Saundra Torry and Raja Mishra
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 31, 1999; Page A1
Linda R. Tripp, whose secret telephone tapes of Monica S. Lewinsky titillated and dismayed the nation and ultimately led to President Clinton's impeachment, was indicted yesterday in Maryland on criminal charges of illegal wiretapping.
After a 13-month investigation, Tripp, 49, who lives in Columbia, was indicted on two counts of violating a rarely used Maryland law that makes it a crime to record telephone conversations without the consent of all parties. Tripp has said she recorded more than two dozen phone conversations with Lewinsky in 1997. She also has said she had been warned during that period that secret taping in Maryland was illegal.
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StevieM
(10,500 posts)lapucelle
(18,187 posts)if she didn't betray her daughter's confidences and tell him everything she knew.
He is truly disgusting.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,564 posts). . .
azureblue
(2,145 posts)"come over here, sit beside me and spill it."
generalbetrayus
(507 posts)"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good Linda Tripp is dead. Good.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)Archae
(46,301 posts)(Was it the Pentagon? I can't remember now.)
But Dubya couldn't stand Tripp, since she claimed to have evidence that George HW Bush was fooling around also.
Ford_Prefect
(7,872 posts)sagetea
(1,366 posts)about her memory, was John Goodmen played her fantastically on SNL!
sage
Ziggysmom
(3,394 posts)It was the only good thing to come from the miserable, jealous hag.
Bengus81
(6,928 posts)LisaM
(27,794 posts)I can't say that i was a fan of hers in any way, shape, or form, but her poor judgement and shifty tactics probably meant that she did not live the latter part of her life very happily. I'm not going to go so far as to say that i felt sorry for her, but I do generally like people to be happy, and I don't see how she could have been.
mitch96
(13,870 posts)riversedge
(70,084 posts)beyond the pale to me. anyway, her god has her now.
tonekat
(1,811 posts)...On the final day of the Clinton presidency in 2001, Ms. Tripp was fired from her job at the Pentagon. She sued the government for violating her privacy and reached a settlement of $595,000 in 2003.
My former in-laws had a large property in Virginia, after they died and it went on the market, their realtor said Tripp was interested. The family, life long Dems replied "We'd prefer not to pursue that."
DENVERPOPS
(8,790 posts)was getting out of helping Monica to pay her dry cleaning bill.
The whole thing stunk to high heaven. Most would have taken their dress to the dry cleaners the next morning, not wrap it up in plastic, and renting a safe deposit box and preserving/protecting it.......
abakan
(1,815 posts)I hope karma slaps her upside the head.
jrthin
(4,833 posts)Coventina
(27,059 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)To me, Linda Tripp is someone who was so angry at the Clintons for letting her go that she wanted to get back at them. So, she dragged her friend Monica Lewinsky into a situation that was extremely stressful for Ms. Lewsinky. Linda Tripp did not care how much grief Ms. Lewinsky suffered as long as she was able to get back at the Clintons. So, I do not think highly of her.
QED
(2,747 posts)Link to tweet
"no matter the past, upon hearing that linda tripp is very seriously ill, i hope for her recovery. i cant imagine how difficult this is for her family."
MustLoveBeagles
(11,583 posts)I can't say I'm sorry that Linda died but I'm sorry for her family on their loss.
Iggo
(47,534 posts)"Good."
47of74
(18,470 posts)So I'll just leave it at that
Stallion
(6,473 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Jack-o-Lantern
(966 posts)Rebl2
(13,465 posts)she died several years ago.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)She risked everything, and lost a lot, because she wouldn't acquiesce to Ken Starr's demand that she perjure herself.
nkpolitics1212
(8,617 posts)Whatever happened to her?
She convinced Linda Tripp to tape record Monica Lewinsky.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,583 posts)That's all I care to know about her.
KPN
(15,636 posts)NBachers
(17,081 posts)Bengus81
(6,928 posts)lark
(23,061 posts)She was just using her to hurt Clinton and the world is a better place for her absence.