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- Pulitzer prize-winner Lucinda Franks has revealed details of 1999 interview with First Lady
- Franks claims Hillary blamed Virginia Kelley for Bill having affairs
In the
wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, Hillary Clinton claimed that her
husband was addicted to sex because he was abused by his mother, a
journalist said.
The
then First Lady allegedly made the claims during a 1999 interview with
Lucinda Franks, but the Pulitzer prize-winner declined to use them for
the article she was working on.
The
revelation is one of a series of sensational claims made in a series of
new books being published in anticipation that Clinton will make a
presidential run in 2016.
Family ties: Bill Clinton with his mother
Virginia and her husband Dick Kelley. Hillary allegedly claimed her
mother-in-law abused Bill as a child
Power couple: Bill and Hillary Clinton, pictured
in May. Remarks the former First Lady allegedly made in an interview
have been included in a new book
The latest revelations have been
included in Franks' memoir, which includes remarks allegedly made by
Hillary Clinton during their interview, the Daily News has reported.
In her book, Timeless: Love, Morgenthau and Me, Franks claims that Clinton blamed her mother-in-law Virginia Kelley for damaging her son.
Memoir: Lucinda Franks included details about a 1999 interview with Hillary Clinton in her book
Clinton
claimed that Kelley, who died in 1994, hurt her son 'in ways you
wouldn't believe' and, while not giving details about the alleged abuse,
claimed it had been responsible for her husband's affair.
'When a mother does what she does, it affects you forever,' Clinton allegedly told Franks, 68.
The claims were not included in the article Frank was writing for a magazine called Talk.
But
the Daily News has seen a version of the memoir that discussed a
fraught relationship between the President's mother and grandmother.
Franks
has said she wanted to publish the interview in its entirety at the
time but didn't because of the media storm over the Lewinsky affair.
In
the 1999 interview, Clinton described her husband's affair as a 'sin of
weakness', and said she remained devoted to him despite 'enormous pain,
enormous anger' over his infidelities.
She added that the affair had come at a time of upheaval for the President, who was coming to terms with the loss of his mother.
Frank alluded to a difficult upbringing for the President, according to Philly.com,
and quoted Clinton as saying: 'He was so young when he was scarred by
abuse. There was a terrible conflict between his mother and
grandmother.'
Further details about Frank's interview with Clinton is included in her book, due to be released next month.
In
another book about the Clintons, due to be published soon, tapes of
Bill’s phone sex with Lewinsky posed a threat to national security.
The
tapes also allegedly resulted in a not-so-subtle attempt by the Prime
Minister of Israel to try to ‘convince’ the President to secure the
release of an American spying for the Israelis.
Bond: Hillary and Bill Clinton in 1996. The former First Lady was interviewed by Franks just after the Monica Lewinsky affair
The
book, Clinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine by
Weekly Standard editor Daniel Halper, has been described as
'scrupulously researched' and 'juicy'.
Halper
reports evidence that not only the Israelis but also the British and
Russians had ‘scooped up’ the microwaves off the top of the White House
and taped Clinton's phone sex conversations with Monica – and perhaps
other women.
That
bombshell and scores of others - some amusing, some alarming - are part
of hundreds of pages of allegations compiled by a team of lawyers and
investigators working for Lewinsky and viewed exclusively by Halper.
But
Halper and Franks are not the only ones writing about the Clintons, in
anticipation of Hillary making a bid for the White House.
A
sensational book by journalist Edward Klein examines the taut
relationship between the Obamas and Clintons, claiming the tension could
threaten all Democrat chances in 2016.
Despite
their much-vaunted public truce, Klein claims in Blood Feud that Bill
Clinton despises President Obama and that Michelle refers to Hillary
behind closed doors as the 'Hildebeest'.
The
animosity between the Democratic Party's two power couples has reached
such intensity that Klein says the president is willing to renege on his
promise to endorse Hillary for 2016 and has teased the Clintons with
suggestions that Michelle would be a strong candidate for the Oval
Office.
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