The Presidency
Posted at 11:11am on Jan. 27, 2008 Happy [Belated] "I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman" Day
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
By California Yankee
On January 26, 1998, then President Bill Clinton went on national TV and brazenly announced lied to the American people claiming he "did not have sexual relations with that woman:"
Context
After repeatedly denying an inappropriate relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, President Clinton finally acknowledged the affair in grand jury testimony on August 17, 1998.
On September 11, 1998, Kenneth Starr's four-year investigation into the president was made public in a 445-page report.
As a direct result of the Starr report, Bill Clinton became only the second president in American history to be impeached, when the House Judiciary Committee proposed articles of impeachment against President Clinton.
The Senate voted to acquit Clinton of the impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice on February 12, 1999.
Thanks to Marc Parent for the reminder.
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