Linda Tripp, whose secretly recorded conversations with White House intern Monica Lewinsky led to the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton, has died at the age of 70.
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| Linda Tripp (Right); Monica Lewinsky (left); 1998. |
Her death was confirmed to the Washington Post by her son, Ryan Tripp, and to the New York Post by her son-in-law, Thomas Foley, who said Ms Tripp's unspecified illness was unrelated to coronavirus.
Ms Tripp was a secretary in the White House counsel's office in the early years of Mr Clinton's presidency before she was transferred to the Pentagon's public affairs office and befriended Lewinsky, 24 years her junior.
As the two became close and Lewinsky revealed her past sexual relationship with Mr Clinton, Ms Tripp began recording their private telephone conversations in which Lewinsky documented her affair with the president in graphic detail.
Ms Tripp ultimately turned over hours of those tapes to independent counsel Kenneth Starr, who was investigating
potential wrongdoing by Mr Clinton, the former Arkansas governor, stemming from the failed Whitewater real estate venture in the Ozarks.
She was granted immunity from illegal wiretapping charges in exchange for the recordings.
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