Washington - A White House staff member, Ms Nancy Hernreich, returned yesterday to testify before the grand jury investigating allegations that President Clinton had an affair with Ms Monica Lewinsky and then covered it up.
Mr Hernreich, a long-time friend of Clinton who is now director of Oval Office operations, went before the same panel last week, presumably to answer questions about Ms Lewinsky's work history in Washington. The White House head of personnel, Ms Marsha Scott, was also expected to testify yesterday.
Meanwhile, a former Miss America whose testimony is being sought by lawyers in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit, has said she had sex with Mr Clinton when he was Governor of Arkansas but it was consensual. The New York Daily News quoted Ms Elizabeth Ward Gracen saying she had come forward to deny allegations by a former friend that Mr Clinton forced her into sex in the back of a limousine in 1982.
Ms Gracen (37), who plays the role of an immortal warrior on the TV series, Highlander, previously denied any sexual liaison with Mr Clinton, the Daily News said.
