Big Government: NEW YORK — Former White House staffer Linda Tripp, a pivotal figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, will make a rare public appearance at an event inside the U.S. Senate office building commemorating the impact of whistleblowers on American society.
The National Whistleblower Center, a nonprofit legal center that works on whistleblower cases, says it picked Tripp to keynote its event “in recognition of her trailblazing courage to blow the whistle on sexual harassment and other misconduct by the highest office holder in the land.” The event will take place July 30 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building and Tripp’s speech will also be streamed live on Facebook at about 1 p.m. ET.
Tripp documented evidence of Lewinsky’s phone calls about her relationship with Bill Clinton and submitted the evidence to independent counsel Kenneth Starr, leading to the public disclosure of the Lewinsky matter. In a previous interview with this reporter, she explained she did so because she believed her own life and Lewinsky’s were in danger, saying that Lewinsky was threatening Clinton with outing the relationship.
In a press release, the National Whistleblower Center documented an alleged campaign launched by the Clinton administration in an attempt to damage Tripp’s credibility. READ MORE
Hope she does not stay at any hotels there. Might be found hanging in a closet. That Clinton Hit list is a long one…
She’s one of the few that escaped the infamous Clinton wrath with her life. She’s been in hiding many of years but still is at risk from Arkancide. I’d keep my head on a swivel if I were her.
I don’t recall exactly why she reported clinton in the first place.
I remember monica crying to her about bill being an asshole and a user or whatever, but I don’t remember why linda reported him. For breaking her skanky friend monica’s heart or using the office like a bordello?
Mary Jane: It was #2
Well, bless her heart. SNL alone was clowning her for years after that.
Tripp was a friend of hers and thought she was putting herself in grave danger by opening her mouth. Tripp’s instincts were on the money. She put it in the public eye to protect Lewinski.