In this image taken from video, Monica Lewinsky (wearing beret) smiles at President Clinton as he greets well-wishers at a White House lawn party in Washington Nov. 6, 1996. Clinton denied having a sexual relationship with her before later admitting he did, on of several scandals that dogged the administration. (AP Photo/APTV)

Clinton's strategy for combating new Secret Service tell-all book

By Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) • 6/9/16 7:55 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton's team is enlisting media and publishing pals to grab a copy of a soon-to-be-published eyewitness book written from a former Secret Service insider during the Clinton administration.

Publishing sources said the Clinton team went into war mode after the Drudge Report first revealed the book, "Crisis of Character," last week. That report pushed the book to No. 1 on Amazon for five straight days. It is being kept under lock and key.

The publishing sources said that Clinton officials have reached out to friendly reporters and media pals in hopes they can use their connections to get a copy of the book declared an "Amazon #1 Best Seller" and isn't even available until later this month.

The book is written by decorated former Uniform Division officer Gary J. Byrne, who worked very closely with the first family during the Clinton years. He won a Treasury Department Service Award from the director of the Secret Service in 1994, some two years into the Clinton administration.

President Clinton listens to one of a series of direct questions about specific explicit sexual acts involving Monica Lewinsky, during the third hour of his videotaped testimony Monday, Aug. 17, 1998, at the White House. (AP Photo/APTV)

During his years there he was playfully dubbed "the Mayor of the West Wing" among some of his colleagues because of his by-the-book work ethic and the amount of time he spent there.

According to the sources, the Clinton campaign and its Super PAC are in full damage control mode, trying to get a copy of the book and combing through public records do discredit the 29-year law enforcement veteran.

The Lincoln Bedroom in the White House is shown on Oct. 17, 1957. President Clinton scribbled a note approving recommendations from his chief fund-raiser, Clinton-Gore finance chairman Terence McAuliffe, to use White House visits to encourage big Democratic donors and instructing aides to start overnight stays ``right away.'' Democratic donors, some who gave as much as $100,000 each, were rewarded with overnight stays in the room. (AP Photo)

They are concerned about what's in the book and some of the tidbits that have already leaked, such as Hillary Clinton's toss of a vase at her husband.

Publishing sources said Byrne describes an account of Hillary Clinton's heated temperament and Bill Clinton's reckless behavior, some of which was revealed in the Starr Report on his relationship with former intern Monica Lewinsky.

The sources said that the account "completely negates" Clinton's slam on Donald Trump that he lacks the temperament to be president.

Below is the Amazon write up of the book to be released June 28.

Posted directly outside President Clinton's Oval Office, Former Secret Service uniformed officer Gary Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton's character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family. Now that a second Clinton administration threatens — their scheme from the very beginning — Byrne exposes what he saw of the real Hillary Clinton.

While serving as a Secret Service Officer, Gary Byrne protected President Bill Clinton and the First Family in the White House and outside the Oval Office. There, he saw the political and personal machinations of Bill and Hillary Clinton and those who were fiercely loyal to them. In CRISIS OF CHARACTER Byrne provides a firsthand account of the scandals—known and unknown—and daily trials ranging from the minor to national in scale. Having witnessed the personal and political dysfunction of the Clinton White House—so consumed by scandal and destroying their enemies, real and imagined—Byrne came to understand that, to the Clintons, governing was an afterthought. He now tells this story—before voters go to the polls—in the hopes that Clinton supporters will understand the real Hillary Clinton.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com

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