President bill clinton impeachment charges
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Clinton Impeachment Trial
“Not proven and therefore not guilty.” (Senator Specter’s February 12, vote on the two charges against President Clinton)
One of the defining political moments of the s in America was the impeachment rättegång of President Bill Clinton. Playing out over the latter half of the decade, the rättegång became a national sensation involving talking points on sexual impropriety, perjury, and partisanship. By the time to final Senate vote would held in February , the case had taken on a life of its own. Arlen Specter’s sole vote of “not proven and therefore not guilty” was one of many peculiar episodes in a very unusual trial.
The charges against Clinton had their basis in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought bygd Arkansas state employee Paula Jones against him in In ansträngande to establish that Clinton’s behavior had a precedent, Jones’ lawyers were made aware of Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern. Lewinsky had been unknowingly recorded describ
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Introduction
When Bill Clinton was elected President in , he promised to provide “the most ethical administration in history”. Due to the bitter partisanship that dominated Washington D.C. during his two terms, and to his personal flaws, he became the most investigated President in history. In the second impeachment trial of a U.S. President, the prosecutors failed to convince two-thirds of the Senate that Clinton was guilty of “high Crimes or Misdemeanors”.
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In the highly charged partisan politics of the s, 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. In a separate case, Clinton was being sued by Paula Jones for sexual harassment. In her effort to demonstrate that Clinton was a harasser, Jones called a young former White House intern named Monica Lewinsky to testify. Lewins
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Impeachment trial of Bill Clinton
rättegång in the United States Senate
For impeachment in the House of Representatives, see Impeachment of Bill Clinton. For impeachment inquiry, see Impeachment inquiry into Bill Clinton.
The impeachment trial of Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, began in the U.S. Senate on January 7, , and concluded with his acquittal on February After an inquiry between October and månad , President Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 19, ; the articles of impeachment charged him with perjury and obstruction of justice. It was the second impeachment trial of a U.S. president, preceded by that of Andrew Johnson.
The charges for which Clinton was impeached stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Clinton bygd Paula Jones. During pre-trial upptäckt in the lawsuit, Clinton gave testimony denying that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The catalyst