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Impeachment of Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on December 19, 1998, for "high crimes and misdemeanors". The House adopted two articles of impeachment against Clinton, with the specific charges against Clinton ...
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After nearly 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives approves two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, charging him with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. Clinton, the second president in American history to be impeached, vowed to finish his term.
In November 1995, Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old unpaid intern. Over the course of a year and a half, the president and Lewinsky had nearly a dozen sexual encounters in the White House. In April 1996, Lewinsky was transferred to the Pentagon. That summer, she first confided in Pentagon co-worker Linda Tripp about her se...
In December, lawyers for Paula Jones, who was suing the president on sexual harassment charges, subpoenaed Lewinsky. In January 1998, allegedly under the recommendation of the president, Lewinsky filed an affidavit in which she denied ever having had a sexual relationship with him. Five days later, Tripp contacted the office of Kenneth Starr, the W...
In late July, lawyers for Lewinsky and Starr worked out a full-immunity agreement covering both Lewinsky and her parents, all of whom Starr had threatened with prosecution. On August 6, Lewinsky appeared before the grand jury to begin her testimony, and on August 17 President Clinton testified. Contrary to his testimony in the Paula Jones sexual-ha...
Less than a month later, on September 9, Kenneth Starr submitted his report and 18 boxes of supporting documents to the House of Representatives. Released to the public two days later, the Starr Report outlined a case for impeaching Clinton on 11 grounds, including perjury, obstruction of justice, witness-tampering, and abuse of power, and also pro...
Five weeks later, on February 12, the Senate voted on whether to remove Clinton from office. The president was acquitted on both articles of impeachment. The prosecution needed a two-thirds majority to convict but failed to achieve even a bare majority. Rejecting the first charge of perjury, 45 Democrats and 10 Republicans voted not guilty, and on ...
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Dec 17, 2019 · CNN — President Donald Trump faces impeachment for using the powers of his office to damage a political rival. President Bill Clinton faced impeachment for something much more personal and...
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- Bill Clinton: Early Life and Education. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. He was the only child of Virginia Cassidy Blythe (1923-94) and traveling salesman William Jefferson Blythe Jr.
- Bill Clinton: Family, Arkansas Political Career and First Presidential Campaign. On October 11, 1975, Clinton and Rodham were married in a small ceremony at their house in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
- Bill Clinton: First Presidential Term: 1993-1997. Clinton was inaugurated in January 1993 at age 46, making him the third-youngest president in history up to that time.
- Bill Clinton: Second Presidential Term: 1997-2001. During Clinton’s second term, the U.S. economy was healthy, unemployment was low and the nation experienced a major technology boom and the rise of the Internet.
The Clinton impeachment and its fallout. America was captivated by the story, especially as it played out in televised hearings, often with graphic detail. By Russell Riley. In January 1998, news broke that President Clinton had engaged in an affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
Jan 2, 2024 · This report discusses the Starr Report, the scope of the Committee, the potential felonies involved, and the issues related to a possible impeachment. Found in volume 14,519 ( available at Congress.gov ).
Summary. In the highly charged partisan politics of the 1990s, President Bill Clinton’s personal indiscretions led to the second impeachment trial in our history. Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr was investigating Clinton’s pre-presidential financial dealings, but could prove no wrongdoing.
