Harvey Weinstein was happy to lend both moral and financial support to his friend Bill Clinton back in 1998 when the then-commander-in-chief's affair with a much younger female employee almost cost him his job.

The Hollywood producer was among a handful of stars who cut a $10,000 check to offset the costs of Clinton's legal defense fund after the president was discovered to have lied about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewisnky while under oath according to The Washington Post.

Clinton, who was 49 at the time, perjured himself by claiming that he and Lewinsky, then 22, did not have an intimate relationship while the college student was working at the White House.

The two did in fact have a very intimate bond, but thanks to the $2.2 million in donations that Weinstein and friends like Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen and Barbara Streisand provided Clinton, he was able to stay in the Oval Office.

Weinstein made that donation just one year after Rose McGowan and Asia Argento allege that he raped them in hotel rooms, with the two actresses among the more than 40 women who have come forward accusing Weinstein of sexual harassment and/or assault.

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On the prowl: Harvey Weinstein donated the maximum amount allowed under law to Bill Clinton's legal defense fund during his Monica Lewinsky scandal (Clinton and Weinstein above in 2000)

Internal affairs: Clinton was 49 when he had an affair with his young interview Lewinsky, who was just 22 and working in the White House (Lewinsky and Clinton above in 1995)

Weinstein benefited just as much from his relationship with the First Family at the time.

Hillary Clinton made waves just a few months later when she attended a screening of his film 'Shakespeare in Love' in December of 1998, heading up to New York City despite the fact that her husband was facing an impending impeachment trial in the Senate.

The producer would go on to host a massive birthday bash for Hillary in 2000 and raise money for her successful US Senate run and repeatedly unsuccessful presidential runs.

He also appeared to have bought the Clintons silence for a brief period last week, as Bill and self-proclaimed champions-of-women Hillary and Chelsea were three of the last people to comment on the scandal.

Hillary and Chelsea also offered up no public support to Weinstein's victims for close to a week as they came forward with their allegations of harassment and assault.

Clinton and Lewinsky met in 1995 when the Lewis & Clark College graduate landed an internship in the White House.

The two did not begin to have a sexual relationship until after that time however, with their affair reportedly beginning when Lewinsky moved over to a different position at the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.

Lewinsky initially denied the affair as well, but was forced to reveal the truth after she was taped over the phone confessing to her relationship with Clinton while speaking with Linda Tripp, one of her co-worker's in the Defense Department.

The story broke in January of 1998 that investigator Ken Starr had proof of this relationship, at which point Clinton made the ill-advised move of addressing the American people from the White House.

'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,' said Clinton.

'I never told anybody to lie, not a single time; never. These allegations are false.'

Goop times: Weinstein got incredible access to the First Family as a result, with Hillary attending a screening of his film 'Shakespeare in Love' in December 2008 (above)

Downhill: Clinton ultimately used $850K of his $2.2 million defense fund to settle the lawsuit brought against him by Jones (Clinton above giving testimony in August 2008)

Clinton found himself backed into a corner in August of that year when he was forced to give grand jury testimony in the wake of Lewinsky providing Starr with a blue dress that contained his semen.

His previous denial of this affair while giving a deposition in a sexual harassment suit filed against him by Paula Jones led to perjury charges.

The millions he got from his friends and supporters ended up being more than enough though to fight those charges, and in the end he was held in contempt of court and nothing more.

Jones meanwhile got an $850,000 settlement in her case from Clinton, funded by those donations from his deep-pocketed friends.

Then, in December, the House of Representatives voted to issue Articles of Impeachment against Clinton, which went to the Senate.,

He was acquitted in the end after a 21-day trial.

His former intern on the other hand was forced to fend for herself in public and the press with no legal fund or executive power through this all, with Clinton doing nothing to help out the young woman whose life he had permanently upended as a result of their affair.

Lewisnky ultimately managed to weather the storm though and now promotes anti-bullying measures and initiatives.

She persisted.