Bill Clinton became the second president to be impeached when the House of Representatives passed two articles of impeachment in December 1998.
A Senate trial took place in January and February, 1999. Clinton was acquitted of both charges. He remained in office until the expiration of his term on January 20, 2001.
Chronology of Events
The yearly links shown below provide a detailed chronology of events and links to speeches, statements and other contemporaneous material.
Whitewater
- Whitewater Special Report – Washington Post
- Background to Whitewater – Washington Post
- Jun 17, 1996: Senate Whitewater Report – the full report of the “Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters”, chaired by Senator Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY).
Paula Jones
- Jan 17, 1998: Clinton’s Deposition in Paula Jones Case
- Apr 1, 1998: Judge Susan Wright Throws Out Paula Jones Case
- Nov 13, 1998: Paula Jones and Bill Clinton Settle Civil Action
The Starr Report
- Sep 11, 1998: Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr’s Report – or launch in a popup window: The Starr Report
Impeachment
- Articles of Impeachment – full text of the four articles of impeachment passed by the House Judiciary Committee
- Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment: Modern Precedents – report by the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives
Trial Verdict Statements By Senators
- Trial Verdict Statements by Senators – the Senate deliberations were held in camera and were not broadcast, but senators were allowed to enter their remarks into the official record.
Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s Final Report
- Mar 06, 2002: Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s Final Report Report
Archived Media Coverage
Archived Posts
- Mar 06, 2002: Independent Counsel Robert Ray’s Final Report
- Mar 26, 2001: A Very Brief Introduction To The Clinton Impeachment
- Jan 20, 2001: Clinton Pardons McDougal In Final Act As President
- Jan 19, 2001: Correspondence and Agreed Order in the Settlement of Clinton’s Case
- Jan 19, 2001: Statement From Special Prosecutor Robert Ray On President Clinton
- Jan 19, 2001: Clinton’s Law Licence Suspended For Five Years
- Jan 19, 2001: Clinton Impeachment Trial: White House Counsel Charles Ruff’s Opening Statement
- Jan 19, 2001: Clinton Makes Deal To Avoid Indictment On Last Day In Office
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Spencer Abraham
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Barbara Mikulski
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Mitch McConnell
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Sam Brownback
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator John McCain
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator John Breaux
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Connie Mack
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Barbara Boxer
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Kit Bond
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Joe Biden
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Richard Lugar
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator John Ashcroft
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Blanche Lincoln
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Wayne Allard
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Joe Lieberman
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Carl Levin
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Daniel Akaka
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Patrick Leahy
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Frank Lautenberg
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Jon Kyl
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Herb Kohl
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator John Kerry
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Bob Kerrey
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Edward Kennedy
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Tim Johnson
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator James Jeffords
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator James Inhofe
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Tim Hutchinson
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Bob Graham
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Ron Wyden
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Paul Wellstone
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator George Voinovich
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Strom Thurmond
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Fred Thompson
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Ted Stevens
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Arlen Specter
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Olympia Snowe
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Gordon Smith
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Paul Sarbanes
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator William Roth
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Jay Rockefeller
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Charles Robb
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Harry Reid
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Patty Murray
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Frank Murkowski
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Ernest Hollings
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Jesse Helms
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Tom Harkin
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Chuck Hagel
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Charles Grassley
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Rod Grams
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Slade Gorton
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Bill Frist
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Peter Fitzgerald
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Russell Feingold
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator John Edwards
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Richard Durbin
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Byron Dorgan
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Pete Domenici
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Chris Dodd
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Mike DeWine
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Mike Crapo
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Larry Craig
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Susan Collins
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Max Cleland
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Robert Byrd
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Conrad Burns
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Jim Bunning
- Feb 12, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: Statement By Senator Richard Bryan
- Feb 11, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Senate Deliberations
- Feb 10, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Senate Deliberations
- Feb 09, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Senate Deliberations
- Feb 08, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Charles Ruff’s Closing Statement On Behalf Of The President
- Feb 05, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Sidney Blumenthal’s Deposition
- Feb 05, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Vernon Jordan’s Deposition
- Feb 01, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Monica Lewinsky’s Deposition (Extended)
- Feb 01, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Monica Lewinsky’s Deposition
- Jan 27, 1999: U.S. Senate Votes To Continue Clinton Impeachment Trial, Call Witnesses
- Jan 23, 1999: Saturday Night Spectacle: Fight Over Lewinsky
- Jan 22, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: 50 Questions Asked By Senators
- Jan 22, 1999: Senator Byrd To Move For Impeachment Trial To Be Dismissed
- Jan 21, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Comments By Former Senator Dale Bumpers
- Jan 21, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Statement By Clinton Attorney David Kendall
- Jan 20, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Cheryl Mills Statement
- Jan 20, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: White House Counsel Greg Craig’s Statement
- Jan 19, 1999: GOP Response To The 1999 State Of The Union Address
- Jan 19, 1999: State Of The Union Address 1999 – President Bill Clinton
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Remarks By Greg Craig Following House Managers’ Presentation
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Henry Hyde’s Summation Of The Case Against Clinton
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: George Gekas’ Summation Of Prosecutors’ Case
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Charles Canady’s Statement On Constitutional Law
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Lindsey Graham’s Statement On Constitutional Law
- Jan 16, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Steve Buyer’s Statement On Constitutional Law
- Jan 15, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: House Manager Bob Barr’s Statement On The Law
- Jan 15, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Christopher Cannon’s Statement On The Law Of Obstruction Of Justice
- Jan 15, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Steve Chabot Statement On The Law Of Perjury
- Jan 15, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: George Gekas’ Statement On The Law
- Jan 15, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: House Manager Bill McCollum’s Summation Of The Factual Case
- Jan 14, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Opening Statement By James Rogan
- Jan 14, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Opening Statement By Asa Hutchinson
- Jan 14, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: House Manager Ed Bryant’s Statement of Background
- Jan 14, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Opening Statement By James Sensenbrenner
- Jan 14, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: House Manager Henry Hyde’s Opening Statement
- Jan 14, 1999: Chief Justice Rehnquist Convenes Senate Trial of President Clinton
- Jan 14, 1999: House Rebuttal to White House Brief
- Jan 13, 1999: Clinton Comments On Impeachment
- Jan 13, 1999: White House Response to House Managers Trial Memorandum
- Jan 13, 1999: Excerpts from the White House Trial Memorandum Filed With the Senate
- Jan 11, 1999: White House Response to Senate Trial Summons
- Jan 11, 1999: House Managers’ Trial Memorandum: The Case Against Clinton
- Jan 08, 1999: Clinton Impeachment: The President’s Lawyers
- Jan 08, 1999: Gail Barr’s Affidavit To Hustler Magazine
- Jan 08, 1999: Senators Agree on Clinton Impeachment Trial Procedure
- Jan 08, 1999: Senate Rules For Impeachment Trials
- Jan 07, 1999: Senators Sworn In; Impeachment Trial Jury Takes Office; Chief Justice Rehnquist Presides
- Jan 07, 1999: Impeachment Trial: Henry Hyde’s Presentation to the Senate
- Jan 07, 1999: Clinton Trial Begins In U.S. Senate
- Jan 07, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial: Profiles of the House Managers
- Jan 06, 1999: Speaker Dennis Hastert’s Remarks After Being Sworn As Speaker
- Jan 03, 1999: Clinton Impeachment Trial To Start This Week
- Dec 30, 1998: Henry Hyde’s Letter To Trent Lott Regarding Impeachment Trial
- Dec 19, 1998: Impeachments In The United States 1798-1998
- Dec 19, 1998: Statement by President Clinton Following House Impeachment Vote
- Dec 19, 1998: House Set To Impeach Clinton; Livingston Decides To Not Contest Speaker’s Position
- Dec 19, 1998: CLINTON IMPEACHED
- Dec 17, 1998: Operation Desert Fox Begins – Impeachment Vote To Be Delayed
- Dec 16, 1998: Clinton Facing Impeachment By U.S. House of Representatives
- Dec 16, 1998: Clinton Announces Operation Desert Fox – Impeachment Debate Delayed
- Dec 14, 1998: David Schipper’s Report to the House Judiciary Committee
- Dec 12, 1998: Articles Of Impeachment: Bill Clinton
- Dec 12, 1998: Constitutional Grounds For Presidential Impeachment: Modern Precedents
- Dec 11, 1998: In Wake Of Impeachment Articles, Clinton Apologises Again
- Dec 11, 1998: Roll Call Of House Judiciary Committee Votes On Clinton Impeachment Articles
- Dec 09, 1998: Charles Ruff, Clinton Attorney, Testifies Before Judiciary Committee
- Dec 09, 1998: Democrats Draft Clinton Censure Motion, As Alternative To Impeachment
- Dec 08, 1998: William Weld Proposes Five-Point Alternative To Impeachment
- Nov 28, 1998: President Clinton’s Answers to Judiciary Committee’s 81 Questions
- Nov 20, 1998: Sam Dash’s Letter Of Resignation
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 7/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 6/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 5/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 4/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 3/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before The House Judiciary Committee – 2/7
- Nov 19, 1998: Kenneth Starr’s Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee – 1/7
- Nov 13, 1998: The Paula Jones-Bill Clinton Settlement
- Nov 05, 1998: House Judiciary Committee’s 81 Questions To Clinton
- Oct 08, 1998: House Resolution 581 Authorising An Impeachment Inquiry of President Clinton
- Sep 12, 1998: White House Response To Starr Report
- Sep 11, 1998: Clinton’s Response To The Starr Report – 3/3
- Sep 11, 1998: Clinton’s Response To The Starr Report – 2/3
- Sep 11, 1998: Clinton’s Response To The Starr Report – 1/3
- Sep 11, 1998: “I Have Repented” – President Clinton’s Speech To Washington Prayer Breakfast
- Sep 11, 1998: The Independent Counsel Report (Starr Report)
- Sep 03, 1998: Senator Joe Lieberman Attacks Clinton
- Aug 28, 1998: Clinton Seeks Forgiveness On 35th Anniversary Of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” Speech
- Aug 26, 1998: Monica Lewinsky (Gerry Connolly) At The AFL Grand Final Breakfast
- Aug 18, 1998: President Clinton’s Grand Jury Testimony
- Aug 17, 1998: Clinton’s Address to the Nation: “I Did Have A Relationship With Ms Lewinsky”
- Jul 29, 1998: Linda Tripp Speaks To The Media After Grand Jury Testimony
- Apr 01, 1998: Judge Susan Webber Wright Throws Out Paula Jones Law Suit
- Jan 29, 1998: Judge Wright’s Ruling in the Paula Jones Case
- Jan 22, 1998: Vernon Jordan’s Statement on the Lewinsky Matter
- Jan 17, 1998: Original Drudge Reports Of Monica Lewinsky Scandal
- Jan 17, 1998: President Clinton’s Deposition in the Paula Jones Case
- Jan 16, 1998: Janet Reno’s Petition Seeking Expansion Of Starr’s Investigation
- Jan 14, 1998: Monica Lewinsky’s Talking Points For Linda Tripp
- Jan 07, 1998: Monica Lewinsky’s Affidavit in the Paula Jones Case
- Jun 17, 1996: Senate Whitewater Committee Report Released