Clinton impeachment

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United States presidential impeachment political scandal

The Clinton impeachment was the 1998–1999 U.S. congressional process in which President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, primarily over charges related to perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

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Label Occurrences
impeachment of Bill Clinton 8
Clinton impeachment canonical 2
Bill Clinton impeachment proceedings 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential impeachment ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
accusationContext grand jury testimony about Monica Lewinsky ⓘ
testimony in Paula Jones civil lawsuit ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
articleOfImpeachment obstruction of justice ⓘ
perjury before a grand jury ⓘ
articlesApprovedByHouse 2 ⓘ
charge obstruction of justice ⓘ
perjury ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1999-02-12 ⓘ
followedBy Donald Trump impeachment ⓘ
follows Monica Lewinsky scandal ⓘ
hasPart Clinton impeachment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton

Senate trial of Bill Clinton ⓘ
houseJudiciaryCommitteeChair Henry Hyde ⓘ
houseMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
houseSpeakerAtTime Newt Gingrich (as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives) ⓘ
surface form: Newt Gingrich
houseSpeakerDuringTrial Dennis Hastert ⓘ
legalBasis Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Bill Clinton ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media coverage ⓘ
numberOfArticlesOfImpeachment 4 ⓘ
officeInvolved President of the United States ⓘ
outcome Bill Clinton ⓘ
surface form: Bill Clinton remained in office
partOf Clinton administration ⓘ
surface form: presidency of Bill Clinton
pointInTime 1998 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ
politicalPartyOfPresident Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeldBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
precededBy Andrew Johnson impeachment ⓘ
presidingOfficerDuringSenateTrial William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
surface form: William Rehnquist
presidingOfficerDuringSenateTrialPosition Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
requiredConvictionThreshold two-thirds of Senators present ⓘ
result acquittal ⓘ
senateMajorityParty Republican Party ⓘ
senateVoteOnObstructionArticle 50 guilty – 50 not guilty ⓘ
senateVoteOnPerjuryArticle 45 guilty – 55 not guilty ⓘ
significantEvent Monica Lewinsky scandal ⓘ
significantLegalIssue definition of perjury ⓘ
scope of obstruction of justice ⓘ
significantPoliticalEffect heightened partisan polarization in U.S. politics ⓘ
startDate 1998-10-08 ⓘ

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My Life → coversEvent → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
Monica Lewinsky scandal → ledTo → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton by the U.S. House of Representatives
Jefferson → notableEvent → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
subject surface form: William Jefferson Clinton
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
Peter Baker → subjectOfWriting → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
Peter Baker → coveredEvent → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
Watergate exhibits → depicts → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings
Paula Corbin Jones → relatedTo → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
first impeachment of Donald Trump → precededBy → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
105th United States Congress → oversawEvent → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
An Affair of State: The Investigation, Impeachment, and Trial of President Clinton → mainSubject → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
Clinton impeachment → hasPart → Clinton impeachment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton
Independent Counsel Ken Starr → notableEvent → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
subject surface form: Ken Starr
this entity surface form: Clinton impeachment proceedings 1998
Linda Tripp → participantIn → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
Living History (memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton) → coversPeriod → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
subject surface form: Living History
this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
Charles Ruff → participantIn → Clinton impeachment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bill Clinton impeachment proceedings