Coming up in just a couple of minutes, we will show you some of the highlights of that debate. You are covering this for national journal. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis one of the interesting things we might forget, all this time, going forward, bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency. Ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. By the time we were in the fall of 1998, president clinton and his entire white house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations related to his past in arkansas. Even his fundraising efforts, when he was prident. In the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term, but they were going into the Midterm Elections. What Kenneth Starr as the independent counsel had uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships the president had had in the past that he had investigated. Then he h
The senate. Fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. Well see some highlights but joining us in the studios is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of clinton . One of the interesting things we might forget all this time, forward, is that bill clinton was under investigation or almost his entire presidency. And ken starr became the counsel. Nt ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater 1994. Ment deal back in so by the time were in the fall clinton and ident his entire house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. Fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but into the midterm what ken starr as the independent counsel had of vered was a whole series alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, investig
Campaign, the democrats have dismissed that claim and they claim President Trump has been politicizing the Justice Department. President trump has hypedru this report for over a year saying this is going to be very historic and expose a lot of wrongdoing. To some degree he was right because this report is a blackeye for the fbi. How tbi so . It found that the fisa application which is the application to surveilled carter page was riddled with errors, things from they left our key information. In other things they put in the fisa report and they left that out, they did not present that to the judge of the fisa court. There were all kinds of errors erand they found for one of the renewals and fbi lawyer had doctored evidence to make sure that the fisa application to wiretap mr. Page got renewed. So all in count, according to your story 17 inaccuracies or envisions, was there any explanation by leadership on why the fundamental mistakes are being made . No theres no explanation, nor is th
Page. The president and his allies spying onat lead to his campaign, democrats have dismissed that claim and they claim President Trump has been politicizing the Justice Department and President Trump has hyped this report for over a year saying this was going to be historic and expose a lot of wrongdoing and to some degree, he was right because this report is a black eye for the fbi. Host how so . Guest it found the fisa application to surveilled carter page was riddled with errors, keygs from they left out information, they had information that contradicted other things they put in the report and they left that out, they did not present that to the judges. There were all kinds of errors and they found for one of the renewals, and fbi lawyer had doctored evidence to make sure wiretap mr. Ion to page got renewed. Ort 17 inaccuracies admissions, was their explanation from leadership on why these mistakes were being made . Guest there is no explanation nor is there an explanation from Mi
Look at actions of the fbi and joining us on the phone to talk about it is jeff murdock, has the lead story taking a look at the warrant application looking at carter page. Good morning. Guest thank you for having me. Host can you remind viewers what the exact goal of this report was when it was put into place . Guest the exact goal was to find out if the fbi abused authority when it applied for a warrant to surveilled carter page. The president and his allies spying onat lead to his campaign, democrats have dismissed that claim and they claim President Trump has been politicizing the Justice Department and President Trump has hyped this report for over a year saying this was going to be historic and expose a lot of wrongdoing and to some degree, he was right because this report is a black eye for the fbi. Host how so . Guest it found the fisa application to surveilled carter page was riddled with errors, keygs from they left out information, they had information that contradicted othe