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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 being lying under oath and ...
President Bill Clinton became the second president in history to be impeached. He was charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice.
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...
It became immediately clear that the Senate would not produce a two-thirds majority vote to convict Clinton and remove him from office. Those voting against impeachment argued that the President's actions constituted "low" and tawdry actions involving private matters, not "high crimes and misdemeanors" amounting to offenses against the state.
The impeachment of President Clinton originally stemmed, in part, from a civil suit involving sexual harassment claims against Clinton by Paula Jones, based on an alleged encounter that took place in Arkansas before he was elected president. During the pendency of Jones v.
December 2018 Issue. Illustration: Gluekit* Politics. The Clinton Impeachment, as Told by the People Who Lived It. Twenty years ago, Bill Clinton became the first president to be impeached...
Bill Clinton (1946-), the 42nd U.S. president, served in office from 1993 to 2001. In 1998, the House of Representatives impeached Clinton on charges related to a sexual relationship he had...
