Flashback: Clinton deposed in Epstein case nearly 29 years to the day after ‘blue dress’ scandal
Former President Bill Clinton is sitting Friday for a deposition over the Epstein scandal nearly 29 years to the date of an infamous encounter with an intern that sparked a...
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Former President Bill Clinton is sitting Friday for a deposition over the Epstein scandal nearly 29 years to the date of an infamous encounter with an intern that sparked a famous public denial. On February 28, 1997 — 29 years from Saturday — Clinton allegedly had his "blue dress" encounter with then-intern Monica Lewinsky at the White House. The official report from independent counsel Kenneth Starr to Congress lists the date in its section laying out "Physical Evidence." "Physical conclusively establishes that the president and Ms. Lewinsky had a sexual relationship," the referral from Starr to the House of Representatives reads. HILLARY CLINTON WANTS HER EPSTEIN TESTIMONY TO BE PUBLIC "After reaching an immunity and cooperation agreement with the Office of the Independent Counsel on July 28, 1998, Ms. Lewinsky turned over a navy blue dress that she said she had worn during a sexual encounter with the President on February 28, 1997." Starr’s report went on to say that when Lewinsky next pulled the blue dress from her closet she "surmised that the stains" then appearing on it "were the president’s semen." That discovery led Starr’s office to request a blood sample from Clinton, which he provided to a physician in the White House Map Room on August 3, 1998, in the presence of an FBI agent and one of Starr’s attorneys. Two subsequent tests concluded the president’s DNA was found on the dress and that "genetic markers" on the semen were characteristic of 1 out of 7.87 trillion Caucasian males. BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON FACED 'SURPRISE' FROM DEMOCRATS CALLING FOR EPSTEIN TESTIMONY, SAYS REP COMER When Clinton was deposed in the Paula Jones matter, he was asked whether he had sexual contact with Lewinsky, which he denied. The February 28 encounter, however, was later used by Starr to argue that Clinton had lied under oath. Clinton publicly denied the affair at the end of an unrelated January 26, 1998, press conference: "I want to say one thing to the American people: I’…