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
Cspan. Next, a look back at the 19981999 impeachment of president bill clinton. We will show you a portion of the u. S. House floor debate on four articles of impeachment. The house voted to approve two of those articles, making bill clinton the second president in u. S. History impeached since Andrew Johnson in 1868. Steve on december 18 and 19th, 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against present bill clinton. We will show you highlights coming up in a moment. First, explain how the articles move from the house to to share committed the floor within a week. Alexis they pass out of the House Judiciary Committee. There was lots of discussion about what the rules would be. Obviously for this entire inquiry. The rules meaning, what the investigation be limited . And the House Judiciary Committee had already undertaken that and had established that the inquiry could really run very widely. It was not going to be limited to just a certain number of witness
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
Judiciary Committee Debate on one of the four articles they passed, article three. , related to obstruction of justice. We also see a debate about the impeachment process and the different roles of the house and senate. In the fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. In a few minutes, we will show you the highlights of that debate. Joining us in studio is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of president clinton . Things wee of the might forget Going Forward is bill clinton was under investigation for almost his entire presidency. Independentcame the counsel and had begun to investigate the whitewater investment deal back in 1994. By the time we are 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 and arkansas. Even his fundraising efforts,
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