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The Clinton Impeachment | 3. Cred

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The Secret Life of David Brock

David Brock was best known as the author of The Real Anita Hill, a book that attacked the motives of the law professor who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. A wealthy Republican donor named Peter W. Smith gave Brock $5,000 to cover his expenses and put him in touch with Cliff Jackson. State troopers who had served as Clinton's security detail were claiming that he had used them to facilitate his adulterous lifestyle. They thought the American public was entitled to know that they had been used to procure women,. And they were offended by the fact that they had being so used.

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