In his latest memoir, "Citizen – My Life After The White House," Clinton, 78, admits that the allegation might hold some truth.
According to the Daily Mail, Clinton's memoir recounts the media frenzy that tainted the transition to the Bush administration in 2001. Allegations of vandalism by the outgoing staff in the West Wing were rampant. Reports suggested that filing cabinets were glued shut, obscene messages were left on answering machines, and pornographic images were found on office printers. The presidential entourage was even accused of breaking crockery on Airforce One, and the Clintons were suspected of stealing bedroom furniture.
However, the most captivating claim was that the 'W' keys were systematically removed from official keyboards. This letter is significant as it is the middle initial of the incoming president and the name by which he was often known. A White House source at the time stated, "There are dozens, if not hundreds of keyboards with these missing keys. In some cases, the 'W' keys have been taped on top of the doorways, which are 12 feet tall. In other cases, they were glued on with Superglue, right way up or upside down."
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In his memoir, Clinton recalls the allegations, "The first to hit were stories that, as we moved out of the White House, I had taken two large bedside tables from the master bedroom; that the 'W' key had been removed from typewriters and computers in the West Wing; and that, on my flight to New York on the former Air Force One after President George W Bush’s inauguration, our passengers destroyed government plates and other utensils."
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Clinton denies two of these allegations, stating, "The White House staff asked me to take the tables saying they didn’t want to keep or store them. And no one on Airforce One destroyed government merchandise." However, he seems less certain about the vandalized keyboards. "I didn’t know about the alleged removal of the 'W' keys, but the whole thing bothered me because I had made it clear that I wanted a smooth, cooperative transition and we had done exactly that," he writes.
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The former president leaves the question of the defaced keyboards open-ended, stating, "Within a few days some people finally went on the record to say that either no damage had occurred or that the allegations of 'W' mischief were greatly exaggerated." This ambiguous remark has been interpreted by many as an admission that the claims might be true.
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A subsequent investigation by the General Accounting Committee found that Clinton's staff had caused about $15000-worth of "damage, theft, vandalism, and pranks," although no prosecutions were made. A spokesman for Clinton responded that the White House had been left "in good shape" with no more damage than might be expected from such a major change of occupancy.
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Clinton's memoir also contains other startling admissions, including his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton admits to flying on Epstein's private jet, the Lolita Express, in 2002 and 2003 but denies allegations that he ever visited Epstein's private island, Little Saint James, in the US Virgin Islands. Clinton writes, "The bottom line is, even though it allowed me to visit the work of my foundation, traveling on Epstein’s plane was not worth the years of questioning afterward. I wish I had never met him."
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The former president also discusses his affair with Monica Lewinsky, which led to his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1998. He recalls an NBC 'Today Show' interview in 2018 where he was asked if he had ever apologized to Lewinsky. Clinton writes, "I said, 'No, I felt terrible then.' 'Did you ever apologize to her?' I said that I had apologized to her and everybody else I wronged. I was caught off guard by what came next. 'But you didn't apologize to her, at least according to folks that we've talked to.' 'I fought to contain my frustration as I replied that while I'd never talked to her directly, I did say publicly on more than [one] occasion I was sorry.'"
Clinton admits that the interview "was not my finest hour." His memoir, filled with such candid admissions, provides a unique insight into the controversies that marked his presidency and the years that followed.
