Posted on 12/05/2001 7:06:52 AM PST by 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.
Amazing, isn't it.
Don't be naive. Pain can administered in many fashions.
LT should be rewarded---help-help-help!!
Feb 21, 2001
NewsMax.com reports that Linda Tripp said in a radio interview that she doesn't want a job in the Bush White House; expressed disappointment that ex-President Clinton wasn't indicted; said he had several White House girlfriends; expressed her belief that the first lady knew about Monica Lewinsky; and confirmed rumors that Mrs. Clinton ordered staffers not to make eye contact with her.
Get over it already.
Personal responsiblity. The bills have to get paid even if she has to take a job at McDonalds. Life isn't always fair but I won't support a victim.
BTW, she has been kept quiet by the leftists. Ask Mr. Goldberg (and this subject has not come up on any of the talk shows he has been on, YET).
Oh my, there is so much he has purposly left out of the book. I am sure Mr. Goldberg could speak volumes on this subject, if pressed.
Linda, we love ya. Hang in there babe.
You took the words right outa my mouth...
All along, the Clinton Administration took every step they could to make her life miserable. Linda was a career civil service worker when Clinton came into office. She held a highly paid administrative position in the Bush administration and stayed on during the transition. She was moved out fairly quickly to a position at the Pentagon. After the Monica story broke, Linda was isolated and made to feel a pariah. Her career position was finally changed so that she was moved to a position that was held by appointment. This position was time-limited to the end of Clinton's term in office. I believe this move was deliberate so that she would lose her government job and perhaps her pension.
When she tried to get a job at a U.S. facility in another country, the position was sabotaged before she even stepped into the interview. Linda is a controversial figure from the Clinton scandals and is at a disadvantage. She is an older worker, highly qualified with a high salary history, and there are many less qualified, less controversial people looking for jobs.
I was fortunate enough to meet Linda Tripp and speak with her for a few minutes. She struck me as a very courageous and honest woman of high integrity. I would recommend that she write a book and tell all, but I fear that the long arms of the Clintons and their helpers are still waiting to pounce.
I wish Linda Tripp well and hope that she will be able to find employment, save her home and find peace and joy in her future endeavors.
Thanks for this post, and all your work in Washington dogging the steps of the Clinton mob. "Dallas" is making light of the fact that the Clinton machine could and did recruit a crowd of Hollywood sock puppets to attack Linda Tripp personally for months on the airwaves. This kind of advertising was worth millions of dollars to the Billary PR machine, all directed against a single person.
Guess "Dallas" doesn't believe in the power of advertising. Maybe he/she-it should explain to the Madison Avenue crowd that the billions that they spend advertising various products is a complete waste of money. ;-)
Sure seems that way.
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