Bill Clinton rape survivor Juanita Broaddrick gave a new interview to Breitbart News in which she graphically describes the actions of the former president when the two were alone in a hotel suite in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1978.
Broaddrick had initially confided her story to a friend in 1992, but that friend made a secret recording of Broaddrick’s confession, the notes of which were leaked to the press.
In the late 1990s, lawyers for Paula Jones, another woman who had been harassed by Bill Clinton, attempted to get Broaddrick to testify in Jones’ case. For Broaddrick, having to relive the memories of the incident was too painful, and she refused.
In 1999, however, she gave an interview to NBC News, which sat on the tape until after Bill Clinton’s impeachment hearings were over. In the wake of those hearings, however, Broaddrick’s interview gained new currency, and the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets sought to have the whole interview published.
Clinton denied Broaddrick’s story through his lawyer, and since there was no physical evidence left to support her account, much of the media dropped the issue in favor of other Clinton scandals. Cogent books by Michael Isikoff and Christopher Hitchens both have supported Broaddrick’s account and said it’s credible.
Hillary Clinton, who in the past has said that rape accusers should be believed unreservedly in all cases, therefore has a problem on her hands with Broaddrick. As Broaddrick has stated in tearful interviews, her feelings about the incident “never go away.”
