Monica Lewinsky Los Angeles-raised Monica Lewinsky, now 24, denied she had an 18-month affair with the President during recent depositions for the Paula Jones sexual harassment case. But according to news reports, Lewinsky was taped telling her friend Linda Tripp she had had a sexual relationship with the President, whom she described as "the big he" and "the creep." She was also reportedly heard saying "I have lied my entire life." Some reports have stated that White House staffers were embarassed by a crush Lewinsky had developed for the President and arranged for her to join the Pentagon as a public affairs assistant in the spring of 1996. While working at the Pentagon, a position she left on Dec. 27, Lewinsky met Linda Tripp. William Ginsburg A Los Angeles attorney, Ginsburg represents Lewinsky. "If the allegations are true that there was a sexual relationship with the president," he told reporters, "then he's a misogynist and I have to question his ability to lead. If they are not true, then why is the independent investigator ravaging the life of a 23-year-old girl?" Janet Reno Confronted with audio tapes, the attorney general authorized Whitewater Independent Prosecutor Kenneth Starr to widen his probe to consider whether the President lied under oath and obstructed justice. Andrew Bleiler This 32-year-old high school drama teacher stood before the cameras with his tearful wife to confess a five-year affair he had with Monica Lewinsky that ended, he said, early last year. Lewinsky's lawyer soon confirmed the relationship occurred, and Kenneth Starr sent attorneys to question the teacher. Lewinsky, Bleiler said, told him she was having sex with "some high-ranking person in the White House," but that the 24-year-old has "a habit of twisting facts, especially if it can enhance her own self image." Now living in Portland, Ore, Bleiler met Lewinsky in 1992 at Beverly Hills High School in Los Angeles. Susan Webber Wright Wright, the U.S. District Judge based in Little Rock, Ark., has made several recent rulings affecting the Monica Lewinsky and Paula Jones controversies: In victories for Kenneth Starr, she ruled that Jones' attorneys would be barred from Lewinsky-related evidence gathering, while giving the independent counsel access to Clinton's deposition for Jones' attorneys and Lewinsky's sworn affidavit. In a setback for Starr, Webber ruled the Secret Service can ignore all subpoenas related to presidential matters. A conservative Republican appointed by George Bush, Wright presided over the bank fraud trial of Jim and Susan McDougal and former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. George Stephanopoulos Et tu, Brute? Former Clinton spinmeister George Stephanopoulos was among the first to suggest that Lewinsky's allegations, if true, could imperil Clinton's presidency. Now a consultant for ABC News and a lecturer at Columbia University, Stephanopoulos made an appearance before Starr's grand jury on February 3, after which he told reporters he had no knowledge of the alleged affair. But he did add, "The longer the president goes without telling his side of the story, the more unease there will be in the public." Bayani Nelvis A 15-year veteran of the White House, Nelvis, a steward who frequently serves drinks in the Oval Office and surrounding rooms, has testified before Starr's grand jury twice. Ashley Raines Raines, an Arkansan who works in the White House Office of Administration and exchanged e-mails with Lewinsky regularly, testified before Starr's grand jury January 29. Newsweek magazine, citing sources "close to the President's defense," reported that Raines told investigators that Lewinsky told her in detail about the alleged affair with Clinton, and that Raines heard voice messages from the President on Lewinsky's answering machine. Lewis Fox The retired Secret Service agent, now living in Pennsylvania, told The Washington Post that he escorted Lewinsky into the Oval Office where she and the President were alone for some 40 minutes in late 1995. The White House has said the Secret Service does not ordinarily bring guests to the Oval Office, though Lewis says Clinton's personal secretary, Betty Currie, was not at work that day. Marcia Lewis Monica Lewinsky's mother shortened her last name to Lewis, and now lives at the Watergate in Washington. Mother and daughter are known to be close confidantes, and Monica reportedly told her mom all about her alleged affair with Clinton. In a controversial move, Kenneth Starr hauled Lewis before his Washington grand jury, possibly forcing Lewis to commit perjury or give testimony that could send her daughter to jail. The Supreme Court America's high court ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment case against the President could go forward while Clinton was still in office paved the way to the Lewinsky controversy. The court previously shot down the White House's argument that Whitewater-related notes taken by a White House lawyer were protected by the attorney-client privilege, and the court may soon rule again on a similar case: Whether White House attorney and Clinton confidante Bruce Lindsey can cite the attorney-client privilege to avoid testifying before Starr's grand jury. Plato Cacheris Monica Lewinsky hired seasoned Washington attorneys Plato Cacheris and Jacob Stein to head her legal team on June 2, replacing the gaffe-prone William Ginsberg. No stranger to Washingtonians in trouble, Cacheris, reputed to be a tough-as-nails negotiator, represented Watergate figure John Mitchell, CIA spy Aldrich Ames, and Fawn Hall, Oliver North's secretary. Jacob Stein The second half of Lewinsky's new legal team is Jacob Stein, an analytical former independent prosecutor who expeditiously investigated and exonerated Reagan Attorney General Edwin Meese. A veteran Washington attorney, Stein also defended former Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood against charges of sexual harassment. William H. Rehnquist Chief Justice of the Supreme Court since 1986, Judge Rehnquist will preside over the Senate trial of President Clinton. With a reputation as a principled and forceful conservative, Rehnquist is only the second chief justice to sit in judgment over a President. Known for keeping strict control over Supreme Court proceeding, Rehnquist could in for some surprises in the Senate, where he can be overruled by a simple majority vote. More on Rehnquist from TIME magazine.