Former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton says she feels sorry for everyone who was caught up in the scandal of her husband's affair with Monica Lewinsky -- including Lewinsky herself.
In a British television interview broadcast Friday, Clinton -- now a U.S. Senator for New York -- said she felt sorry for everyone hurt by the "relentless, partisan" 1998 investigation into her husband's relationship with the White House intern.
Asked by broadcaster Trevor McDonald whether that included Lewinsky, Clinton replied, "Absolutely."
Clinton said political forces hostile to her husband had driven the frenzy surrounding the Lewinsky story, which led to President Clinton's impeachment for perjury and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted by the U.S. Senate.
"There were so many victims, and these people were willing to destroy anyone in order to end my husband's presidency," she said.
"That is a point I tried to make in the book is that this very personal, painful experience for us as a couple and a family was brought to public light not by people who cared about my husband's soul or our marriage," she added. "You know, they were motivated by political malice."
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