The scandal hit the headlines in January 1998 in Washington Post. Clinton, at that time, very confidently denied each and every accusation. He used his oratorical skills to claim his innocence. Addressing a White House press conference, he defended himself and said,"Now, I have to go back to work on my State of the Union speech. And I worked on it until pretty late last night. But I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people. Thank you!''
