Eight Years Ago Today, President Bill Clinton Was Impeached In The House Of Representatives

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Eight years ago, after 14 hours of debate, the House of Representatives voted two articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton (the prosecutor submitted 11 charges), charging him with a) lying under oath to a federal grand jury and b) obstructing justice.

The second president in American history was impeached and Clinton vowed to finish his term.

In November 1995, Clinton began a tawdry affair with Monica Lewinsky, a 21-year-old intern. She was later transferred to the Pentagon where she confided in a co-worker, Linda Tripp, about her affair. Tripp secretly taped Lewinsky, and contacted special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. A few days later, the story broke, with Clinton saying "I did not have sexual relations with that woman..." In July, lawyers for Lewinsky and Starr worked out a full-immunity agreement covering Lewinsky and her parents. On August 6, Lewinsky appeared before a grand jury to testify, followed later in the month by The President. The President was impeached in The House.

Many months later, the Senate acquitted POTUS on both articles of impeachment.
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