Clintonās close allies tried to paint Jones as ātrailer trash,ā looking to get rich off the president after she accused him of exposing himself and asking her to kiss his genitalia. In 1998, the lawsuit she brought against him was dismissed, but when Jones appealed the decision, Clinton ended up paying her $850,000 to drop the suit.
During their talk, Branch said that while Clinton may have shown remorse for his affair with Monica Lewinski, he certainly didnāt show any in private. In fact, according to Branch, any contrition needed to be ācoachedā out of Clinton.
āWhat contrition there was had to be coached out of him, because I sure didnāt feel it tonight,ā Branch said in the tape. āI mean, there wasnāt even a glimmer of āIām sorry, I let you down...
meaning me, not that I asked for it or anything. āI see the hurt in peopleās eyes who believed in me.ā I didnāt sense any of that on a personal level.ā
The conversation also revealed what many of us already knew ā that Hillary Clinton is an ice princess only concerned with political aspirations. When Branch asked how the various allegations were affecting their marriage, Bill Clinton said Hillary was more concerned about him losing his job than she was about their relationship.
ā[Clintonās] answer was not about the relationship. His answer was āHillary was more upset about the impeachment than I was,āā Branch said.
