LINDA TRIPP LEAVES COURT AFTER GRAND JURY APPEARANCE

WAS43:CLINTON-SCANDAL-TRIPP:WASHINGTON,28JUL98 - Linda Tripp, whose taped conversations with former White House intern Monica Lewisnky sparked independent counsel Kenneth Starr's investigation of the White House sex and perjury scandal, leaves Federal Court July 28 after testifying before the grand jury. According to a statement read by her spokesman Philip Coughter, Tripp was encouraged by news of Lewisnky's immunity deal with Starr, and saw it as a sign that Lewinsky would corroborate her testimony. ed/Photo by Mark Wilson REUTERS