Exactly how is Clinton now describing his relationship with Lewinsky?
A. In his nationally televised statement on Aug. 17, Clinton acknowledged that his relationship with Lewinsky was “not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.” He also said that his prior public comments had given a “false impression. I misled people, including even my wife.” Clinton went into slightly more detail earlier that day during his closed-circuit testimony from the White House for Starr’s grand jury. Sources familiar with his testimony told The Washington Post that Clinton specifically acknowledged engaging in oral sex with Lewinsky and detailed some times and places where they met. But the sources said Clinton refused to answer certain questions posed to him by Starr’s team of prosecutors, complaining they were graphic and intrusive. Previously, Clinton had emphatically denied that his relationship with Lewinsky was sexual. In his famous Jan. 26 denial, he said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” And during his deposition for the Jones case on Jan.
