Historian Joseph Ellis was forced to admit his error when DNA analysis proved beyond question that at least one, and almost certainly all, of Sally Hemings’ children were fathered by Jefferson. The contemporaneous controversy over then-President Clinton’s affair with an intern, Ellis concluded incorrectly, would make Clinton’s impeachment less likely, although the news of Jefferson’s behavior may have helped sway public opinion and contributed to the Senate’s vote for acquittal. Michael Moore’s “The Awful Truth” was among the first, but not the last to poke fun at Jefferson for his indiscretion.
The clips are from NBC: “The Today Show”; Michael Moore’s “The Awful Truth”.

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