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No television, of course, with Andrew Johnson. What do you remember about what happened and how this all of this transpired over the next month . The senate trial was fascinating because of the idea that it is called a trial, but its not a legal proceeding. It is very political. It had so many interesting dynamic characters involved in it. Robert byrd, senator byrd of was of west virginia, stalwart constitutional scholar. Not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way. He ended up at one point just throwing up his hands and saying, this should not have even happened. That the ...

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 ide...

We had never seen anything like trial was e the last in the 1860s. What do you remember about what how all of this transpired the next month . The senate trial was fascinating because of the idea but it is ed a trial not a legal proceeding and it is very political. It had so many interesting dynamic characters involved. Bird of West Virginia scholar constitutional and not a supporter or friend of bill clinton in any particular way, he ended up at one point throwing up his hands and saying this should not have even happened, the trial is misguided and he even told his colleagues he was going to...

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 impeach...

Clinton, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so help you god . The clerk will call the names and record the responses. Was january 7, 1990 nine. From the floor of the u. S. Senate, the trial against president bill clinton. Joining us is alexis simendinger. We had never seen anything like this before, because the last trial was back in the 1860s. No television, of course, with Andrew Johnson. What do you remember about what happened and how all of this transpired over the next month . Alexis the senate trial was fasc...