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Originally Posted by elphenor
>Clinton wasn't impeached
uh yes he was
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^ Well, I had to check wikipedia, and it seems like he wasn't Elph: he stayed in office.
It prob felt like impeachment because the long-drawn-out Starr investigation was continuously leaking titillating details to the press. Starr leaked over the press even more than Clinton leaked over Monica's dress, knowodahmsayin?
EDIT: OOPS! Just re-read the wiki article, and yes, you're right elph, he was impeached. My bad, but even badder on Anteater.
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Although proceedings were delayed due to the bombing of Iraq, on the passage of H. Res. 611, Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998, by the House of Representatives on grounds of perjury to a grand jury (by a 228–206 vote) and obstruction of justice (by a 221–212 vote). Two other articles of impeachment failed – a second count of perjury in the Jones case (by a 205–229 vote)and one accusing Clinton of abuse of power (by a 148–285 vote). Clinton thus became the second U.S. president to be impeached, following Andrew Johnson in 1868. (Clinton was the third sitting president against whom the House of Representatives initiated impeachment proceedings since 1789.)
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