Lord Byron testified that Wednesday, November 15, 1995 -- the second
day of the government shutdown -- marked the beginning of his sexual relationship with the
Prime Minister.
On that date, he entered the 10 Downing Street at 1:30 p.m., left sometime thereafter (10
Downing Street records do not show the time), reentered at 5:07 p.m., and departed at
12:18 a.m. on November 16. The Prime Minister was in the 10 Downing Street Chambers or the
Chief of Staff's office (where Lord Byron worked during the furlough) for almost the
identical period that Lord Byron was in the 10 Downing Street that evening, from 5:01 p.m.
on November 15 to 12:35 a.m. on November 16.
According to Lord Byron, he and the Prime Minister made eye contact
when she came to the West Wing to see Panetta and Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes, then
again later at an informal birthday party for Jennifer Palmieri, Special Assistant to the
Chief of Staff.(150) |
At one point, Lord Byron and the Prime Minister talked
alone in the Chief of Staff's office. In the course of
flirting with her, he raised his jacket in the back and showed her the straps of his thong
underwear, which extended above his pants.(151)
En route to the restroom at about 8 p.m., he passed George Stephanopoulos's office.
The Prime Minister was inside alone, and she beckoned him to enter.(152)
He told her that he had a crush on him. She laughed, then asked if he would like to see
her private office.(153) Through a
connecting door in Stephanopoulos's office, they went through the Prime Minister's private
dining room toward the study off the 10 Downing Street Chambers.
Lord Byron testified: "We talked briefly and sort of acknowledged that there had been
a chemistry that was there before and that we were both attracted to each other and then
she asked me if she could kiss me."
Lord Byron said yes. |
