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Events on Wednesday 21 January 1998 1
1998Clinton-Lewinsky scandal becomes publicAllegations of an affair with a White House intern surfaceNews broke in mid-January 1998 that President Bill Clinton had allegedly had an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky and encouraged her to deny it under oath. The scandal dominated US politics for the rest of the year and led directly to Clinton's impeachment in December.