Linda Tripp May Lose Home to Foreclosure; Owes More Than $116,000 to Mortgage Company

AP ^ | Dec 5, 2001 | The Associated Press

[Plummz]

COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) - Linda Tripp is facing foreclosure on the home where she recorded the telephone calls with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky that triggered the impeachment of President Clinton.

CitiMortgage Inc. filed a foreclosure action in Howard County Circuit Court against Tripp late last month, noting a mortgage balance of $116,098.61, including late charges and interest.

Attorney Joseph Murtha, who defended Tripp in the state's unsuccessful prosecution on wiretap charges, said she hasn't lived in the house for months, and has been out of work since she was fired from the Department of Defense.

Tripp surreptitiously taped recordings of Lewinsky confiding a sexual relationship with Clinton. Tripp lost her job at the Pentagon after she refused to resign like other political appointees on the last day of Clinton's term, her lawyer has said. The Defense Department said her termination letter was routine and that she was not singled out.

"It's been very difficult for Linda to focus on where her career goes from this point in her life," he said.

Tripp, who now lives in Middleburg, Va., had hoped to find another government job, but has not been rehired, Murtha said.

She had rented out the Columbia house for a while after moving, but the house is currently unoccupied. Murtha said Tripp hopes to resolve any issues with the mortgage and possibly sell the house on her own.

Tripp earned nearly $100,000 a year as a public affairs specialist at the Defense Department's Defense Manpower Data Center in Arlington, Va. She had been in a civil service job in the White House under former President Bush before getting a political appointment, pay raise and new job at the Pentagon in 1994.

[Plummz]

FYI -- figured people here would be interested.

[Registered]

$100,000 a year as a public affairs specialist

I hate the government.

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[fooman]

Time to write that book!

[ao98]

For anybody who wants to help her out.
www.lindatripp.com

[Dallas]

SEEN THIS ?

You'll need a straight-jacket.

[Registered]

This woman's problems would have been over almost a year ago if he had issued an EO to re-hire her...

I'm sorry, but nothing this woman could have done for us could ever be worth 100 grand a year. Nothing. I think they should look at other positions and drop the axe. This is an absurd amount to make for what they do.

[Registered]

Thanks for the stroke.

[Geezerette]

When that plane struck the Pentagon, I thought of Linda Tripp and whether or not she would have been in that part of the complex had she kept her job.

Anybody know if her Dept. was anywhere near it?

g

[Alberta's Child]

Tripp, who now lives in Middleburg, Va., had hoped to find another government job . . .

Tripp earned nearly $100,000 a year as a public affairs specialist . . .

With all due respect to Ms. Tripp, these two statements say more than anything else. If she can't earn even $50,000 in the private sector, then she has no business complaining about losing her government job.

[Howlin]

She got a promotion to the DOJ and a bigger salary; she was a secretary in the White House West Wing.

[Registered]

Amen!

[Dallas]

I really think she should really move on with her life....

Enough already....

[kristinn]

It's a sad day on Free Republic when Linda Tripp gets flamed mercilessly for being broke. Y'all are sick.

[Registered]

She hasn't lived in the house for a long time. Why not sell it? I just don't understand this. Do you?

[Registered]

BTW, I was flaming the government ;-)

[Dallas]

Dude, you're taking this idol worship thing a bit too far..

In case you haven't noticed, there is true suffering, and sacrifice taking place as we speak that is beyond compare.

[AmishDude]

Yeah, but that's an argument for killing the job. After all, SOMEBODY's going to have it. Might as well be Linda. I'm just 100% on board with whistleblower laws, and I don't care that the whistleblower was underworked and overpaid.