Released on Friday, March 13, 1998
Following is the full text of Monica S.
Lewinsky's affidavit, signed on Jan. 7,
1998, and submitted to lawyers for Paula
Jones on Jan. 16. The statement was one of
several documents made public by Jones's
lawyers on March 13 as part of their
opposition to a motion by Clinton's lawyers
to dismiss the case.
Attorneys for Jones refered to Lewinsky as
a "Jane Doe".
1. My name is Jane Doe # . I am 24 years old
and I currently reside at 700 New Hampshire
Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037.
2. On December 19, 1997, I was served with
a subpoena from the plaintiff to give a
deposition and to produce documents in the
lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones against
President William Jefferson Clinton and Danny
Ferguson.
3. I can not fathom any reason that the plaintiff would seek information
from me for her case.
4. I have never met Ms. Jones, nor do I have any information regarding
the events she alleges occurred at the Excelsior Hotel on May 8, 1991 or
any other information concerning any of the allegations in her case.
5. I worked at the White House in the summer of 1995 as a White House
intern. Beginning in December, 1995, I worked in the Office of Legislative
Affairs as a staff assistant for correspondence. In April, 1996, I accepted
a job as assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the
U.S.
Department of Defense. I maintained that job until December 26, 1997. I
am currently unemployed but seeking a new job.
6. In the course of my employment at the White House I met President
Clinton several times. I also saw the President at a number of social
functions held at the White House. When I worked as an intern, he
appeared at occasional functions attended by me and several other
interns. The correspondence I drafted while I worked at the Office of
Legislative Affairs was seen and edited by supervisors who either had the
President's signature affixed by mechanism or, I believe, had the President
sign the correspondence itself.
7. I have the utmost respect for the President who has always behaved
appropriately in my presence.
8. I have never had a sexual relationship with the President, he did not
propose that we have a sexual relationship, he did not offer me
employment or other benefits in exchange for a sexual relationship, he
did
not deny me employment or other benefits for rejecting a sexual
relationship. I do not know of any other person who had a sexual
relationship with the President, was offered employment or other benefits
in exchange for a sexual relationship, or was denied employment or other
benefits for rejecting a sexual relationship. The occasions that I saw
the
President after I left employment at the White House in April, 1996, were
official receptions, formal functions or events related to the U.S.
Department of Defense, where I was working at the time. There were
other people present on those occasions.
9. Since I do not possess any information that could possibly be relevant
to the allegations made by Paula Jones or lead to possible admissible
evidence in this case, I asked my attorney to provide this affidavit to
plaintiff's counsel. Requiring my disposition in this matter would cause
disruption to my life, especially since I am looking for employment,
unwarranted attorney's fees and costs, and constitute an invasion of my
right to privacy.
I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.
(signed)
Monica S. Lewinsky