The White House claimed last night that Ms Monica Lewinsky said nothing new in her testimony for the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
His lawyers indicated that they did not bother to question her when the prosecution had finished. Ms Lewinsky was said to be very precise in her answers and not to have deviated from earlier testimony.
The questioning of Ms Monica Lewinsky, in private at the Mayflower hotel here, lasted just over six hours with several breaks. Her testimony, in the presidential suite, was videotaped.
The prosecutors and White House lawyers refused to answer questions from the media when they emerged from the hotel. Congressman Ed Bruant, who questioned Ms Lewinsky for the prosecution, said later that it would be important to have her as a live witness.
It is said to be the 23rd time that Ms Lewinsky has been questioned in the past year about her relationship with President Clinton.
Senators, who are trying the President on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice, will from today be able to view the videotape of the deposition of Ms Lewinsky.
Later they will also be able to view the testimony of the other two witnesses, Mr Vernon Jordan and Mr Sidney Blumenthal, who will be questioned on Capitol Hill today and tomorrow. The full impeachment trial resumes in the Senate on Thursday.
At that stage there may be motions from senators to have Ms Lewinsky's testimony played so that it can be seen by the public on television.
There may also be a motion asking for Ms Lewinsky to testify live at the trial. A majority vote would be needed for this to be accepted.
A Republican senator, Mr Mike DeWine, who was monitoring Ms Lewinsky's testimony yesterday, said later: "The deposition started at 9.03 this morning and concluded at 3.14 this afternoon. We took several breaks during the day. There was a one-hour break for lunch."
The hotel bookshop was selling prominently displayed copies of a book called Wild Women in the White House, subtitled: "The formidable females behind the throne, on the phone and (sometimes) under the bed".
Ms Lewinsky does not figure in the book, which was published a year before her affair with President Clinton was revealed in January 1998.
Mr Bryant, in his questioning of Ms Lewinsky, wanted to get full details from her, if possible, about gifts to her from President Clinton which were handed over to his private secretary, Ms Betty Currie.
Mr Bryant also wanted to ask Ms Lewinsky about how the President may have influenced her to swear a false affidavit in the Paula Jones civil action.