Power play: Linda Tripp, now 65, was a civil servant who had a ringside seat during Clinton's administration. Her office was directly adjacent to Hillary's. Her recorded conversations with Lewinsky - submitted to independent counsel Kenneth Starr - exposed the truth of the affair that both Lewinsky and Clinton had sought to deny. She has never spoken fully until now.
...In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Online the woman who had a ringside seat throughout Clinton's administration has given a damning insight into - and assessment of- Hillary as the 'key player' in the scandals of the Clinton presidency.
She describes Hillary as the true 'ruler' of the White House through her husband's administration; tells how she watched Hillary 'blatantly lie' to the American people; describes her as utterly 'ruthless' in her pursuit of power; and voices her belief that Hillary must never gain the presidency - the position that has always been her goal and to which she has always believed herself entitled.
Tripp explained: 'I think the most compelling thing about Hillary is that she will stop at nothing to achieve her end and that she views the public as plebeians easily seduced into believing her point of view.'
Tripp's office was directly adjacent to Hillary's second floor West Wing office for the entire time she served at the Clinton White House, with the exception of the first three months during which she sat directly outside the Oval office. Her position offered her unparalleled access to, and a unique perspective on, both the couple and the administration.
Speaking today she revealed: 'I believe for all his faults as a flawed man, Bill Clinton is not as unscrupulous as his wife. He is complicit but he is not as deceitful as Hillary Clinton is. Don't get me wrong, they are both missing the integrity chip but while she is inherently dishonorable, his seems to be learned behavior.
The confidante to Lewinsky, Tripp leaves the US District Courthouse in Washington in 1999 after appearing before a grand jury investigating allegations of sexual misconduct between Clinton and Lewinsky. Tripp was subpoenaed by the grand jury to testify about recordings of conversations between her and Lewinsky
As a political independent with no agenda or ax to grind Tripp was, she admitted, appalled by what she perceived as the 'disingenuous front' presented by the Clintons to the world. It stood in stark contrast to the previous Bush administration under which she also served.
She said: 'The Bush administration may have bungled but the work of the people was all done in a straight forward, honorable way. The first George Bush was not a particularly talented politician but a decent statesman.
'Bill Clinton is a gifted politician and he was able to charm and seduce the country. The Clintons presented a disingenuous front.'
Tripp explained that Hillary's
Her modus operandi was, and continues to be, Tripp explained: 'I will do what I want and then when I'm questioned I will say, "oops," or "bureaucratic snafu", and then after a couple of months her refrain will be, "this is old news, it's been investigated, I did nothing wrong, let's move on, it's time to address the issues facing the middle class of America."Read more here.
'That's what she has always done and that's what she will continue to do and the frightening aspect of that approach is that it works.'
...as a grandmother of seven, life for Tripp revolves around the family of which she is justifiably proud. It is not an existence she has any desire to disrupt but she is motivated now by the same sense of duty that saw her speak out 17 years ago.
Then, she faced dire consequences as she found herself publicly vilified for her actions and indicted on charges of illegal wiretapping. The charges were subsequently dropped.
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