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Clinton impeachment
- During his second term, President William Jefferson Clinton was accused of having perjured himself when he denied having a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky, an intern with the federal government, and of having attempted to suborn the testimony of a witness. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton, despite charges that the impeachment proceedings were politically motivated. In 1999, Clinton was tried and acquitted by the Senate . ( See also impeachment .)
Example Sentences
Mr. Von Drehle clearly misunderstands, or turns a blind eye to, the reason the Clinton impeachment represents a low point in modern congressional history: It was nothing more than a viciously hyperpartisan, constitutionally meritless attempt to destroy a Democratic president.
Starr retreated to academia after the Clinton impeachment.
During the Clinton impeachment, Trump had mocked Mr. Starr as “a total wacko” and “totally off his rocker.”
The world was different and America certainly has a different attitude towards sex and sexuality than it did in 1998 with all the Clinton impeachment thing.
Things are starting to heat up on "Impeachment: American Crime Story," FX's dramatized retelling of the story of Monica Lewinsky and the Clinton impeachment.
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