The long-running accusation that former president Bill Clinton's staff intentionally tore the letter 'W' off White House keyboards in an effort to obstruct his successor, George W. Bush, has now been addressed by Clinton.

The new memoir by 78-year-old Clinton, Citizen: My Life After the White House, covers the 2001 transfer to Bush during which there was a media "feeding frenzy" over allegations that departing workers had trashed the West Wing, as the New York Post reported.

Supposedly, pornographic images were printed from business printers, vulgar notes were left on answering machines, and filing cabinets were glued shut.

On Air Force One, members of the president's entourage allegedly broke plates. It was Bill and Hillary Clinton who were accused of stealing from their own bedroom.

More Accusations

Recalling the outrage, Clinton wrote: "The first to hit were stories that, as we moved out of the White House, I had taken two large bedside tables from the master bedroom;

Denying several suggestions outright, Clinton states: "The White House staff asked me to take the tables saying they didn’t want to keep or store them. And no one on Airforce One destroyed government merchandise."

Regarding the altered keyboards, though, the former president seems less sure.

"I didn’t know about the alleged removal of the 'W' keys, but the whole thing bothered me because I had made it clear that I wanted a smooth, cooperative transition and we had done exactly that," he writes.

Were the Keyboards Tampered With?

"Within a few days some people finally went on the record to say either no damage had occurred or that the allegations of "W" mischief were greatly exaggerated," he says, an open-ended comment most would consider as an admission that the claims were indeed true.

Clinton's staff were found to have caused approximately $15,000 in "damage, theft, vandalism, and pranks" during a year-long investigation by the General Accounting Committee. However, no prosecutions were pursued.

At that time, a spokesperson for Clinton stated that the White House had been left in "good shape," with no additional damage than would be anticipated from such a significant change in occupancy.

Clinton's remarks regarding the keyboard controversy are the latest in a series of shocking revelations that are to be revealed in his forthcoming memoir.

Other Issues

His alleged involvement with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was one of several charges made against the former president.

Epstein, who was waiting for trial on accusations of sex trafficking minors when he reported.y committed suicide, has long been a source of controversy surrounding Clinton and his relationship with him.

While he does acknowledge taking a flight on the Lolita Express, the private plane owned by the infamous billionaire Harvey Epstein, in 2002 and 2003, he denies claims that he ever set foot on Little Saint James, Epstein's private island in the US Virgin Islands.