the troopers said that these episodes involved dozens of women, from long-running mistresses to single encounters. as far as they were aware, all of the women involved had consented to the relationships and no alcohol abuse or drug abuse had been part of the encounters. one of the long-running mistresses was gennifer flowers, who had come forward with her tale of a 12-year relationship with the governor at the start of the bill clinton presidential campaign, 1992; this had caused an early crisis in that endeavor which clinton and his wife had to address in a televised and much-discussed "60 minutes" interview.