of colleague Monica Lewinsky, then 22 and also newly transferred from the White House, who detailed her affair with President Clinton unaware that Tripp was recording their phone conversations.
In 1998, Tripp shared the recordings with Kenneth Starr, the special counsel investigating the Clintons’ involvement in the Whitewater real estate scandal. Tripp’s tapes, along with wiretapped conversations between herself and Lewinsky, would lead to Clinton’s eventual impeachment by the House of Representatives, later overturned by the Senate. Despite their history, Lewinsky tweeted her best wishes for Tripp and her family.