[AmeriBrit]

I was in England when the Clinton hearings and trial were being conducted so only got biased media reports.

Would appreciate it if someone would please explain what the author meant by this:

"Clinton himself was convicted of perjury (THE OFFENSE THE DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE FAILED TO UPHOLD) by a federal judge,"

Thankyou.

[Hugin]

Clinton was never convicted of perjury, because Special Prosecutor Ken Starr never filed charges when Clinton left office. He cited his impeachment acquittal. Of course during the impeachment trial the Dems argued that his perjury didn't "rise to the level of an impeachable offense" and that he could always be charged as a private citizen. Allegedly Starr told aides that he simply didn't believe he could get 12 jurors to convict Clinton.

However, since Clinton lied during a civil suit by Paula Jones, a civil (not criminal) charge was filed against Clinton in Arkansas an officer of the court. The judge in that case found Clinton had lied to the court and revoked license to practice law.