Monica Lewinsky scandal

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impeachment scandal political scandal sex scandal

The Monica Lewinsky scandal was a late-1990s political and sexual controversy involving U.S. President Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky that led to Clinton’s impeachment by the House of Representatives.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Clinton–Lewinsky scandal	1
impeachment of Bill Clinton	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	impeachment scandal ⓘ political scandal ⓘ sex scandal ⓘ
cause	extramarital affair between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky ⓘ
charge	obstruction of justice ⓘ perjury ⓘ
chronology	preceded by Whitewater controversy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1999 ⓘ
ethicalAspect	workplace power imbalance debate ⓘ
evidence	blue dress with physical evidence ⓘ
evidenceType	secretly recorded telephone conversations ⓘ
hasAspect	abuse of power debate ⓘ obstruction of justice allegations ⓘ questions of perjury ⓘ
hasContext	Clinton administration ⓘ culture wars in the United States ⓘ
hasMainParticipants	Bill Clinton ⓘ Monica Lewinsky ⓘ
impactOnCulture	public discussion of sexual harassment and consent ⓘ
impactOnLaw	debate over independent counsel law renewal ⓘ
impactOnMedia	rise of 24-hour political scandal coverage ⓘ
involvesOfficeHolder	42nd President of the United States ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ
ledTo	Clinton impeachment ⓘ surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton by the U.S. House of Representatives
legalContext	independent counsel statute ⓘ
legalOutcome	Bill Clinton acquitted by U.S. Senate ⓘ
location	White House ⓘ
mediaCoverage	intense international media attention ⓘ
mediaTerm	Monica Lewinsky scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Clinton–Lewinsky scandal Lewinsky scandal ⓘ
notableFigureInvolved	Hillary Clinton ⓘ surface form: Hillary Rodham Clinton Independent Counsel Ken Starr ⓘ Linda Tripp ⓘ
parliamentaryBodyInvolved	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
politicalImpact	damage to Bill Clinton’s reputation ⓘ partisan conflict in U.S. Congress ⓘ
publicReaction	highly polarized public opinion in the United States ⓘ
relatedInvestigation	Ken Starr investigation ⓘ
relatedTo	Clinton–Lewinsky relationship ⓘ Clinton v. Jones ⓘ surface form: Paula Jones lawsuit U.S. presidential impeachment process ⓘ
significantEvent	Monica Lewinsky scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton
startDate	1995 ⓘ
subjectOf	documentaries ⓘ extensive news coverage ⓘ numerous books ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1990s ⓘ

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Monica Lewinsky scandal → mediaTerm → Monica Lewinsky scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clinton–Lewinsky scandal

Bill Clinton → notableEvent → Monica Lewinsky scandal ⓘ

Monica Lewinsky scandal → significantEvent → Monica Lewinsky scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: impeachment of Bill Clinton