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Impeachment: American Crime Storyrevisits their affair.
Lewinsky tried to make the FX series as accurate as possible, advising on everything from dialogue to wardrobe.
I just felt I shouldnt get a pass, Lewinsky said.
so you can move forward, I have to take risks.
I have to try things.
I have to continue to define who I am, she told theTimes.
Heres a look back at how the affair played out.
July 1995: Lewinsky begins her White House internship.
Nov. 15, 1995: The affair begins.
Lewinskytestified to a grand jurythat she initiated her relationship with Clinton through intense flirting.
I never expected to fall in love with the President, Lewinsky told the grand jury.
I was surprised that I did.
Feb. 19, 1996: Clinton temporarily ends the relationship.
April 1996: Lewinsky is transferred to The Pentagon and befriends Tripp.
Lieberman toldThe New York Timesthat the move was due to alleged inappropriate and immature behavior and inattention to work.
Lewinsky testified that White House staffers blamed her for the Presidents apparent interest in her.
I was stalking him or I was making advances towards him.
In her exit interview with staff director Timothy Keating, Lewinsky asked to remain in the White House.
I was never going to see the President again.
I mean, my relationship with him would be over.
February 1997: Clinton and Lewinsky resume their sexual encounters.
Weeks later, their sexual encounters resumed after an almost year-long hiatus.
March 29, 1997: The affair ends.
He pointed out that he could do a great deal for her.
The situation, he stressed, was not Ms. Lewinsky’s fault.
Instead, the road that led there was littered with inappropriate abuse of authority, station, and privilege.
This article was originally published onSep.
