People in the News, 3rd prize
Michael Williamson
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
01 January, 1998
A reporter makes a dash for the phone as Monica Lewinsky's mother, Marcia Lewis, emerges from the US District Courthouse after testifying before the Grand Jury. For most of 1998, the question hung over US President Bill Clinton as to whether he had lied under oath about the nature of his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. This led to intense media speculation about possible impeachment and occasional confrontation between pro and anti Clinton camps outside the White House. The Senate acquitted the president of all charges on February 12, 1999.
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