Lucianne Goldberg

Lucianne Goldberg (née Steinberger; April 29, 1935 – October 26, 2022), also known as Lucianne Cummings, was an American literary agent and author. She was named as one of the "key players" in the 1998 impeachment of President Clinton. She controversially advised Monica Lewinsky's confidante Linda Tripp to tape Lewinsky's phone calls about their affair. The 20 hours of recordings became crucial to the Starr investigation. She was the mother of Jonah Goldberg, a conservative political commentator, and Joshua Goldberg, a Republican nominee who ran for New York City Council.

Early life and education She was born Lucianne Steinberger in Boston to Dr. Raymond Leonard and Lucy Jane (née Moseley) von Steinberger. She grew up in Alexandria, Virginia near Washington, D.C., where her father was employed as a government physicist, and her mother was a physiotherapist. and previewed other highlights of the Clinton–Lewinsky affair such as the existence of a semen-stained dress which later proved to have Clinton's DNA.

Repercussions After the disclosures about the Clinton–Lewinsky affair, Goldberg was subjected to media attacks on her character and past business dealings.

Later career Goldberg was a prominent presence on the conservative website Free Republic in the late 1990s, posting under the name "Trixie". She and other conservatives, including Matt Drudge, left the site when the webmaster, in Goldberg's words, "let all the Y2K, gun-nut, Jew-baiting crazies take over [the forum] and flame the plain-old conservatives".

Cultural depictions Goldberg was portrayed by Margo Martindale in season three of American Crime Story, Impeachment.