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Clinton wishes Lewinsky wellHe says he has no 'ill will' toward her
March 5, 1999 WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, March 5) -- President Bill Clinton said Friday he hopes Monica Lewinsky can get on with her life "and I hope it'll be a good life." At a joint news conference with visiting Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, Clinton was asked about Lewinsky's TV interview this week and the fact she may make some money off her new biography, "Monica's Story." Clinton had an affair with the former White House intern that jeopardized his presidency.
Clinton told reporters he did not see the interview and had no comment on it, but added, "What I hope is that she will be permitted to go on with her life, and I hope it'll be a good life, and I hope that the efforts that I have made and that I continue to make every day at home and at work will bear fruit." Clinton said he hoped "that all the people who have been hurt by this, including totally innocent people who have massive legal bills, will get the help they need, and I'm determined to do what I can to help them." Clinton repeated his call that it's time to move past the sex-and-impeachment scandal, saying, "The important thing is that the American people are virtually screaming at us to get on with their lives and their business and to do their business, and I'm going to do my best to do that as well as I possibly can. "But you know, this was a pretty tough thing for everybody involved, and I wish her well," Clinton added. "I hope it works out all right for her." Clinton said he can only control what he says and does. "I don't wish anyone ill who was caught up in this," Clinton said. "And she paid quite a high price for a long time, and I feel badly for that. So I just hope it works out all right." Clinton and D'Alema met earlier in the day to discuss the Kosovo peace negotiations, the planned NATO summit, global finance issues and the "not guilty" verdict in the Italian cable car disaster that killed 20 skiers in Italy. The cable car verdict, in a military court in North Carolina on Thursday, was not formally on the two leaders' agenda, but officials said it would be added to the agenda if D'Alema wanted to discuss it. D'Alema said Thursday he was "baffled" by the acquittal of Marine Capt. Richard Ashby of involuntary manslaughter charges. In the February 3, 1998 mishap, Ashby piloted a military jet that sliced through two cables holding up a gondola containing the skiers. Some Italian leaders have denounced the verdict and called for a ban on military training flights or even the expulsion of U.S. military forces stationed in Italy. |
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MORE STORIES:Friday, March 5, 1999
• Lewinsky book may force investigation of Starr's office • Poll: Bush tops Gore in hypothetical 2000 race • Clinton wishes Lewinsky well • Transcript: Clinton comments on Lewinsky book deal • Poll: Public remains unsympathetic to Lewinsky • Paula Jones' lawyers get lion's share of $850,000 settlement • Clinton to nominate civil rights chief for Senate confirmation • Sen. Connie Mack won't seek re-election • 'Mob Mouthpiece' enters Las Vegas mayoral race • Biography on Gore details struggles during impeachment • Three-story Lichtenstein sculpture to go up in D.C. • Democrats boycott Alabama Senate • Idea for school flexibility tangled in competing agendas • DeLay says he did not commit perjury in deposition • Democrats hit GOP plan for fiscal 2000 budget • Federal judge throws out Louisiana law on late-term abortion • Monica's career may benefit from scandal • New Hampshire takes step toward income tax • Cohen's wife interviews Clinton • Tripp demands apology from Moran | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
