Linda Tripp, whose tapes were pivotal in Clinton impeachment scandal, dies

[C Moon]

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

[SergeStorms]

1. What a shame.

[jb5150]

2. Gee, that's too bad ....

…..

[PaulRevere08]

3. Well, ah, I am sorry for anyone who might miss her.

[idziak4ever1234]

4. She was already dead to me.

[NurseJackie]

13. Bazinga.

[MyOwnPeace]

5. Thoughts and prayers.....................

[lapfog_1]

6. My mother told me to never speak ill of the dead

so...

[Polly Hennessey]

16. My mother told me no

such thing. The news brought a smile to my face.

[agingdem]

27. never says anything bad about the dead..say only good

Linda Tripp is dead..good

[olegramps]

52. That is really good. It really made me laugh. Thanks I needed that.

[azureblue]

29. mine woul dhave said

"I'm sure she is a lot more comfortable now. I hear she liked the heat."

[lastlib]

49. Well, I never wish death on anyone*......

...but there have been some obituaries I have read with great pleasure! This is one of them...


(okay, ALMOST never......exceptions made for members of the GOPee crime syndicate)

[DinahMoeHum]

7. Oh. OK.

n/t

[2naSalit]

8. Awww, that's almost too bad. ...nt

[winstars]

9. No Comment:

[lapucelle]

10. Tripp was the only central figure in the Starr saga to be criminally charged.

Tripp Indicted on Charges of Wiretapping
By Saundra Torry and Raja Mishra
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, July 31, 1999; Page A1

Linda R. Tripp, whose secret telephone tapes of Monica S. Lewinsky titillated and dismayed the nation and ultimately led to President Clinton's impeachment, was indicted yesterday in Maryland on criminal charges of illegal wiretapping.

After a 13-month investigation, Tripp, 49, who lives in Columbia, was indicted on two counts of violating a rarely used Maryland law that makes it a crime to record telephone conversations without the consent of all parties. Tripp has said she recorded more than two dozen phone conversations with Lewinsky in 1997. She also has said she had been warned during that period that secret taping in Maryland was illegal.

snip===================================================================

With yesterday's indictment, Tripp became the only one among the central figures in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal to be criminally charged. Clinton was impeached but acquitted by the Senate, and Lewinsky received an unusually broad grant of immunity from independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/tripp073199.htm

[StevieM]

43. Ken Starr should have been charged. (eom)

[lapucelle]

56. Monica Lewinsky said in a VF article that Starr threatened her mom with jail

if she didn't betray her daughter's confidences and tell him everything she knew.

He is truly disgusting.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. My mother once told me, "If you can't say anything good about the dead, don't say anything at all."

. . .

[azureblue]

30. or

"come over here, sit beside me and spill it."

[RandySF]

12. Good.

[generalbetrayus]

14. To update a classic Bette Davis quote,

"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Linda Tripp is dead. Good.”

[thegoose]

21. That was the one I was trying to think of!

[Archae]

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

(Was it the Pentagon? I can't remember now.)

But Dubya couldn't stand Tripp, since she claimed to have evidence that George HW Bush was fooling around also.

[Ford_Prefect]

19. Film at 11:00?

[sagetea]

17. The only good thing I can say

about her memory, was John Goodmen played her fantastically on SNL!

sage

[Ziggysmom]

32. OMG thanks, I had forgotten that!

It was the only good thing to come from the miserable, jealous hag.

[Bengus81]

18. Funniest part John Goodman ever played!

[LisaM]

20. She probably did not die a very happy person.

I can't say that i was a fan of hers in any way, shape, or form, but her poor judgement and shifty tactics probably meant that she did not live the latter part of her life very happily. I'm not going to go so far as to say that i felt sorry for her, but I do generally like people to be happy, and I don't see how she could have been.

[mitch96]

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

[riversedge]

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

beyond the pale to me. anyway, her god has her now.

[tonekat]

28. According to the Post...

...On the final day of the Clinton presidency in 2001, Ms. Tripp was fired from her job at the Pentagon. She sued the government for violating her privacy and reached a settlement of $595,000 in 2003.

My former in-laws had a large property in Virginia, after they died and it went on the market, their realtor said Tripp was interested. The family, life long Dems replied "We'd prefer not to pursue that."

[DENVERPOPS]

31. The only thing she got

was getting out of helping Monica to pay her dry cleaning bill.

The whole thing stunk to high heaven. Most would have taken their dress to the dry cleaners the next morning, not wrap it up in plastic, and renting a safe deposit box and preserving/protecting it.......

[abakan]

23. Oh too bad

I hope karma slaps her upside the head.

[jrthin]

25. Oh, well.

[Coventina]

26. Tots & Pears.... n/t

[IrishEyes]

33. My condolences to her family.

[Sloumeau]

34. I assume that she will be missed, but not by me.

To me, Linda Tripp is someone who was so angry at the Clintons for letting her go that she wanted to get back at them. So, she dragged her friend Monica Lewinsky into a situation that was extremely stressful for Ms. Lewsinky. Linda Tripp did not care how much grief Ms. Lewinsky suffered as long as she was able to get back at the Clintons. So, I do not think highly of her.

[QED]

35. Monica Lewinsky's gracious tweet

Link to tweet

"no matter the past, upon hearing that linda tripp is very seriously ill, i hope for her recovery. i can’t imagine how difficult this is for her family."

[MustLoveBeagles]

47. That's very gracious of her considering what Linda put her through

I can't say I'm sorry that Linda died but I'm sorry for her family on their loss.

[Iggo]

36. Say only good. (n/t)

[Grokenstein]

39. Okay.

"Good."

[47of74]

37. Yeah I can't quite get up the energy to say anything nice about her

So I'll just leave it at that

[Stallion]

38. Bad Tripp--Man

[Progressive Jones]

40. Oh, Gosh, This Is Just Awful. NT

[Jack-o-Lantern]

41. Awful nice of her to die.

[Rebl2]

42. I thought

she died several years ago.

[StevieM]

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

She risked everything, and lost a lot, because she wouldn't acquiesce to Ken Starr's demand that she perjure herself.

[nkpolitics1212]

45. I.C. Lucy- Lucianne Goldberg

Whatever happened to her?
She convinced Linda Tripp to tape record Monica Lewinsky.

[MustLoveBeagles]

48. She's still alive

That's all I care to know about her.

[KPN]

46. Gee, makes me very sad ...

[NBachers]

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

[C Moon]

51. Me too.

[Bengus81]

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

[lark]

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

She was just using her to hurt Clinton and the world is a better place for her absence.

[AKing]

55. Please make sure to bury her deep enough

[captain jack]

57. Saint Peter will want to check this one for recording devices. n/t