Lewinsky hires NBC hack

WASHINGTON, May 12: The family of former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, at the centre of the sex-and-prejury scandal involving US President Bill Clinton, has hired a media consultant for her, CNN television network has reported.

Judy Smith, a former spokesperson for former president George Bush, who later became vice-president of communications, NBC Television, was hired to allow William Ginsburg to devote his full attention to Lewinsky8217;s legal problems, CNN said on Monday.

Ginsburg was omnipresent on television talks shows hereafter the controversy broke in January about alleged sexual trysts between 24-year-old Lewinsky and President Clinton in his Oval office.