January 27, 1992

1992-01-28T00:02:42-05:00

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Gennifer Flowers, a former correspondent for a television station in Arkansas, held a press conference in New York to reassert her claim that she had had an extramarital affair with Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton for nearly ten years. Gov. Clinton previously denied the allegations. During the press conference, marked by a high level of commotion by the press corps and a number of facetious questions put to Ms. Flowers by reporters, Ms. Flowers and her attorney Mr. Hendricks played excerpts from tapes which they claimed were of telephone calls between Ms. Flowers and Gov. Clinton. Ms. Flowers claimed the tapes were evidence that Gov. Clinton had had an affair with her and he had attempted to cover it up from the press. The press conference occurred one day after Gov. Clinton and his spouse appeared on the CBS newsprogram “60 Minutes” to deny the allegations.

Gennifer Flowers, a former correspondent for a television station in Arkansas, held a press conference in New York to reassert her claim that she had… read more