Linda Tripp
American civil servant (1949–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Linda Rose Tripp (née Carotenuto; November 24, 1949 – April 8, 2020) was an American civil servant who played a prominent role in the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal of 1998. Tripp's action in illegally and secretly recording Monica Lewinsky's confidential phone calls about her relationship with President Bill Clinton caused a sensation with their links to the earlier Clinton v. Jones lawsuit and with the disclosing of intimate details. Tripp claimed that her motives were purely patriotic, and she avoided a wiretap charge by agreeing to hand over the tapes.
Linda Tripp | |
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Born | Linda Rose Carotenuto (1949-11-24)November 24, 1949 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | April 8, 2020(2020-04-08) (aged 70) |
Education | Hanover Park High School |
Occupation(s) | Civil servant, small business owner |
Known for | Role in Clinton–Lewinsky scandal |
Spouses | Bruce M. Tripp
(m. 1971; div. 1990)Dieter Rausch (m. 2004) |
Children | 2 |
She later claimed that her firing from the Pentagon at the end of the Clinton administration was vindictive, but the administration called it standard procedure for a political appointee.
From 2002, Tripp and her husband, Dieter Rausch, owned and ran a year-round holiday store, The Christmas Sleigh, in Middleburg, Virginia.