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(12,207 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2020, 06:09 PM Apr 2020

Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies [View all]

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.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/linda-tripp-dead/index.html

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Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies [View all] C Moon Apr 2020 OP

What a shame. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #1

Gee, that's too bad .... jb5150 Apr 2020 #2

Well, ah, I am sorry for anyone who might miss her. PaulRevere08 Apr 2020 #3

She was already dead to me. idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #4

Bazinga. NurseJackie Apr 2020 #13

Thoughts and prayers..................... MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #5

My mother told me to never speak ill of the dead lapfog_1 Apr 2020 #6

My mother told me no Polly Hennessey Apr 2020 #16

never says anything bad about the dead..say only good agingdem Apr 2020 #27

That is really good. It really made me laugh. Thanks I needed that. olegramps Apr 2020 #52

mine woul dhave said azureblue Apr 2020 #29

Well, I never wish death on anyone*...... lastlib Apr 2020 #49

Oh. OK. DinahMoeHum Apr 2020 #7

Awww, that's almost too bad. ...nt 2naSalit Apr 2020 #8

No Comment: winstars Apr 2020 #9

Tripp was the only central figure in the Starr saga to be criminally charged. lapucelle Apr 2020 #10

Ken Starr should have been charged. (eom) StevieM Apr 2020 #43

Monica Lewinsky said in a VF article that Starr threatened her mom with jail lapucelle Apr 2020 #56

My mother once told me, "If you can't say anything good about the dead, don't say anything at all." LastLiberal in PalmSprings Apr 2020 #11

or azureblue Apr 2020 #30

Good. RandySF Apr 2020 #12

To update a classic Bette Davis quote, generalbetrayus Apr 2020 #14

That was the one I was trying to think of! thegoose Apr 2020 #21

Dubya even told Tripp to go to hell, when she was fired by the Pentagon... Archae Apr 2020 #15

Film at 11:00? Ford_Prefect Apr 2020 #19

The only good thing I can say sagetea Apr 2020 #17

OMG thanks, I had forgotten that! Ziggysmom Apr 2020 #32

Funniest part John Goodman ever played! Bengus81 Apr 2020 #18

She probably did not die a very happy person. LisaM Apr 2020 #20

I can't remember... Did she get anything out of her deed? Money? Book? ..... nt mitch96 Apr 2020 #22

I ignored or skipped over anything involving her name. To secretly tape a friends conversation is riversedge Apr 2020 #24

According to the Post... tonekat Apr 2020 #28

The only thing she got DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #31

Oh too bad abakan Apr 2020 #23

Oh, well. jrthin Apr 2020 #25

Tots & Pears.... n/t Coventina Apr 2020 #26

My condolences to her family. IrishEyes Apr 2020 #33

I assume that she will be missed, but not by me. Sloumeau Apr 2020 #34

Monica Lewinsky's gracious tweet QED Apr 2020 #35

That's very gracious of her considering what Linda put her through MustLoveBeagles Apr 2020 #47

Say only good. (n/t) Iggo Apr 2020 #36

Okay. Grokenstein Apr 2020 #39

Yeah I can't quite get up the energy to say anything nice about her 47of74 Apr 2020 #37

Bad Tripp--Man Stallion Apr 2020 #38

Oh, Gosh, This Is Just Awful. NT Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #40

Awful nice of her to die. Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2020 #41

I thought Rebl2 Apr 2020 #42

When Julie Hiatt Steele, an American hero from that era, died last year the media ignored it. StevieM Apr 2020 #44

I.C. Lucy- Lucianne Goldberg nkpolitics1212 Apr 2020 #45

She's still alive MustLoveBeagles Apr 2020 #48

Gee, makes me very sad ... KPN Apr 2020 #46

I hope I'm alive long enough to see the whole cast of republican monsters die. She was one of them. NBachers Apr 2020 #50

Me too. C Moon Apr 2020 #51

Gingrich can go first. Banging a woman while still married and then bashing Clinton endlessly Bengus81 Apr 2020 #53

Tripp was a rw scum bag who was not ever a friend of Monica's. lark Apr 2020 #54

Please make sure to bury her deep enough AKing Apr 2020 #55

Saint Peter will want to check this one for recording devices. n/t captain jack Apr 2020 #57