Mark Halperin

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All right, next up, my reported monologue on political scandal, controversy, contretemps.

And, of course, we're in the midst of now a lot because of Epstein.

My first assignment, beat assignment in politics, was covering Bill Clinton in 1991 for the 92 campaign.

And shortly after I started covering him, two massive scandals broke.

By coincidence, I was the reporter who broke them both with ABC News.

I had help from my colleagues, but I was the one who asked Bill Clinton first about Jennifer Flowers after the National Enquirer ran a story alleging a relationship between Bill Clinton and her, and then about the allegations that he dodged the draft based in large part on a letter that he'd written to the head of his draft board or an official on his draft board.

And...