Lewinsky, of course, was the 22-year-old White House intern who had “relations” with 49-year-old then-President Bill Clinton that, in 1998, set off a firestorm of lying and coverup that ultimately ended in Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives and his acquittal by the Senate.
The Arkansas State Bar suspended Clinton’s license to practice law for five years, and the United States Supreme Court disbarred him from practicing before it, but Clinton was not run out of office. Unlike Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein or actor Kevin Spacey, who were quickly dethroned as kings of Hollywood, Clinton enjoyed a campaign and re-election free of public disclosure of his indiscretions with Lewinsky.