The Impeachment Of President Bill Clinton

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.

A *Very* Brief Introduction to the Clinton Impeachment

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