In the days before our current banana republic.
Posted on 08/17/2023 10:01:59 AM PDT by DFG
On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton becomes the first sitting president to testify before the Office of Independent Counsel as the subject of a grand-jury investigation.
The testimony came after a four-year investigation into Clinton and his wife Hillary’s alleged involvement in several scandals, including accusations of sexual harassment, potentially illegal real-estate deals and suspected “cronyism” involved in the firing of White House travel-agency personnel. The independent prosecutor, Kenneth Starr, then uncovered an affair between Clinton and a White House intern named Monica Lewinsky. When questioned about the affair, Clinton denied it, which led Starr to charge the president with perjury and obstruction of justice, which in turn prompted his testimony on August 17.
After testifying, Clinton addressed the nation live via television and gave his side of the story. He admitted to an inappropriate relationship with Lewinsky and said that he regretted misleading his wife and the American people when he denied the affair earlier. He insisted that he had given “legally accurate” answers in his testimony and that “at no time” had he asked anyone to “lie, hide or destroy evidence or to take any unlawful action.” In addressing the investigation into his past business dealings, Clinton insisted that the investigation did not prove that he or his wife Hillary had engaged in any illegal activity.
The damage, however, was already done. Revelations from the investigation sparked a battle in Congress over whether or not to impeach Clinton. While Democrats favored censure, Republicans called loudly for impeachment, claiming Clinton was unfit to lead the country. In December 1998, the House of Representatives voted to impeach the president, but after a five-week trial in the Senate, Clinton was acquitted. Public opinion polls at the time revealed that while many people disapproved of Clinton’s extramarital affair—which he conducted in the White House Oval Office—most did not consider it an action worthy of impeachment or resignation.
Im sorry, I dont recall. My mind is Jellooooooo.
Infamous news conference
Video
President Bill Clinton Response to Lewinsky Allegations Jan 26, 1998
https://rumble.com/v22sc4q-president-bill-clinton-response-to-lewinsky-allegations-jan-26-1998.html
In the days before our current banana republic.
What a ‘Trial’ held in November of That Year ?
I watched some from a hotel room in the old City of Jerusalem.
Funny as to what one remembers!
Back when the Drudge Report was a thing. IIRC, this story made Matt Drudge a household name because he broke the story. And his story was not just that Bill had an affair, but that the MSM was hiding it.
“The damage, however, was already done.”
And what great damage it was!
The case can be made that all of the diminishment of character, honor and truth seen now in our high level “leadership” began with the election of William Jefferson (Blythe) Clinton. He lied about an affair that he should have been convicted for.
There were scoundrels prior to Clinton, but none passed the “DNA of crime” down to later Democrat leaders. Dishonorable conduct is common now in the Democrat Party.
This is a great Clinton short message SOTU Seal border.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4351026/user-clip-clinton-1995-immigration-sotu
“I’m Donald Trump and I approve this message.”
unprosecuted felon.
Better put some ice on that
The coverup for the actual real crimes by bill/hitlery
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