WASHINGTON — White House aides were so protective of Hillary Clinton during the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal that they were wary of dealing with the media, new documents show.
The jitters are contained in February 1998 e-mails between White House press aide Julie Mason and US Information Agency official Mary Ellen Glynn about a planned
interview on Voice of America.
“How do you REALLY feel about having press cover her interview?” Glynn asked, explaining she wanted reporters to “sit in a studio next door.” She promised to make clear journalists realized they were not there “to ask her questions.”
The Clinton Presidential Library released the e-mails and other once-sealed documents.