{"id":1556460,"date":"2022-07-15T12:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T16:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556460"},"modified":"2022-07-15T13:04:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T17:04:32","slug":"book-alleges-harvey-weinstein-advised-bill-clinton-on-monica-lewinsky-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-alleges-harvey-weinstein-advised-bill-clinton-on-monica-lewinsky-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Alleges Harvey Weinstein Advised Bill Clinton on Monica Lewinsky Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbook-alleges-harvey-weinstein-advised-bill-clinton-on-monica-lewinsky-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1556460&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A new book claims that Harvey Weinstein had a much closer relationship to the Clintons than previously known, with Weinstein allegedly giving then-President Bill Clinton advice on how to navigate the Monica Lewinsky scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Auletta\u2019s <em>Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence<\/em> recounts the rise and fall of the disgraced movie mogul who is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence after being convicted of rape and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The volume chronicles Weinstein\u2019s working-class beginnings in Queens, New York, and continues through his ascent to the top of Hollywood with movies like<em> Shakespeare in Lov<\/em>e and <em>Chicago<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, the book chats with Bill Clinton and those who worked for the former first couple.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Weinstein was allegedly so close with Bill Clinton that he spent a weekend at Camp David and even gave the president advice about how to handle the Monica Lewinsky scandal, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11010247\/Harvey-Weinstein-Bill-Clintons-close-relationship-revealed.html\">excerpts<\/a> published in the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.\u00a0Weinstein claimed to be a \u201cshoulder\u2019 for Clinton to lean on in 1997 as they vacationed in Martha\u2019s Vineyard during the scandal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Weinstein had extensive experience \u201cbeing in the doghouse\u201d with his own extramarital affairs and gave his advice to Clinton on how to deal with Hillary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21579071\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-167739322.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Producer Harvey Weinstein and actress Jennifer Lawrence presents Former President of the United States Bill Clinton with the Advocate for Change Award onstage during the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards presented by Ketel One and Wells Fargo at JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A. LIVE on April 20, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Tachman\/Getty Images for GLAAD)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The accounts comes from\u00a0Marcy Granata, the former president of publicity and corporate communications at Miramax, which was Weinstein\u2019s movie company.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Clinton told Auletta that he and Weinstein bonded\u00a0over a \u201cdeep yearning\u201d to get a lot of things done in their life, motivated by family traumas.<\/p>\n<p>The book also provides a glimpse into how the Clintons responded \u2014 or didn\u2019t respond \u2014 to Weinstein\u2019s predatory behavior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOver the years when Hillary Clinton\u2019s aides were reportedly warned of Harvey\u2019s abusive ways, particularly with women, those warnings had no obvious effect on the Clintons\u2019 fealty towards Harvey,\u201d the book states.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21579146\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-143343926.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21579146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-143343926.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1489\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein attend the TIME 100 Gala celebrating TIME\u2019S 100 Most Infuential People In The World at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 24, 2012 in New York City. (Kevin Mazur\/WireImage for TIME)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This stands in stark contrast to Hillary Clinton\u2019s comments after the Weinstein scandal first broke in early 2017. At the time, the former first lady said she was \u201cshocked and appalled\u201d by the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe behavior described by women coming forward cannot be tolerated,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cTheir courage and the support of others is critical in helping to stop this kind of behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Weinstein was a major fundraising bundler for the Clintons, funneling big-ticket celebrity donations to both Bill and Hillary\u2019s presidential campaigns.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at\u00a0<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new book claims that Harvey Weinstein had a much closer relationship to the Clintons than previously known, with Weinstein allegedly giving then-President Bill Clinton advice on how to navigate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1573864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1556460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1556460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1556460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1573864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1556460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1556460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1556460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}