Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky says the affair that led to impeachment proceedings against president Bill Clinton “was not sexual assault” but “constituted a gross abuse of power.”
Lewinsky writes in Vanity Fair that she is “in awe of the sheer courage” of women who’ve been confronting “entrenched beliefs and institutions.”
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She says she was recently moved to tears when a leader of the #MeToo movement told her, “I’m so sorry you were so alone.”
She lauds the “#MeToo” movement for providing “the safety that comes from solidarity.”
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Lewinsky says she’s been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress from being “publicly outed and ostracized.”
Clinton initially denied the affair before admitting to it in 1998. The Democrat was acquitted by the Senate.
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