Articles
of Impeachment against President Clinton, 1998
While four articles of impeachment were created by the House Judiciary Committee, only the two below were approved by the full House. In the Senate, the vote fell short of the 2/3 majority that was required to convict Clinton and remove him from office.
RESOLVED, That William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors . . .
Article One: In his conduct while President of the United States . . . in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of the President . . . has . . . undermined the integrity of his office . . . betrayed his trust as President . . . and acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law by:
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willfully corrupting and manipulating the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration
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willfully committing perjury by providing false and misleading testimony to the grand jury in relation to his relationship with an employee
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willfully committing perjury by providing false and misleading testimony to the grand jury in relation to prior perjurious testimony in a civil rights action brought against him
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allowing his attorney to make false and misleading statements in the same civil rights action
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attempting to influence witness testimony and slow the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action
Article Three: . . . has [in the Paula Jones Case] prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice by:
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encouraging a witness to give a perjurious affidavit
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encouraging a witness to give false testimony if called to the stand
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allowing and/or encouraging the concealment of subpoenaed evidence
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attempting to sway a witness testimony by providing a job for that witness
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allowing his attorney to make misleading testimony
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giving false or misleading information to influence the testimony of a potential witness in a Federal civil rights action
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giving false or misleading information to influence the testimony of a witness in a grand jury investigation
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