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
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 president. In the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term, but they were going into the Midterm Elections. What Kenneth Starr of the 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 heard about an intern named Monica Lewinsky. By the time the impeachment inquiry was authorized, and in the house, 31 democrats went along with it, which is really interesting, ken starr had a whole report to present and turned over an entire investigation to the House Republicans, who were in the majority then. The background was fought with politics, the economy was doing fraught with politics, the economy was doing very well, bill clinton was very popular, but
Lets begin with the political environment. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis one of the things we might forget all this time Going Forward was that bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency and ken starr became the independent counsel. He began to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. So, by the time 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 relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. So in the fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but they were going into the midterm starr as and what can the independent counsel uncovered was a whole series of alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, that he had investigated, and then he heard of an intern named Monica Lewinsky. So at the time the impeachment inquiry was authorized, and in the house, 3
They passed. Article three, related to obstruction of justice. Thelso see a debate about impeachment process and the different roles of the house and senate. In the fall of 1998, the house of representative taking up articles of impeachment against Lillian Jefferson clinton. We will show you William Jefferson clinton. We will show you highlights. You are covering this for National Journal. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Alexis 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. Efforts,fundraising when he was president. In the fall of 1998, he was butted to a second term, they were going into the Midterm Elections. Of thenne
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