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Clinton Impeachment Essay, Research Paper

Clinton has been impeached for committing perjury and the obstruction of justice

in order to try to cover up the present evidence associated with the Paula Jones

civil rights case. In 1868, the House of Representatives impeached President

Andrew Johnson because he unfairly fired his War Secretary. He was not removed

from office because of a Senate vote of 35-19; he was one vote short of being

guilty. In 1974, the Democrats marked President Nixon for factual reasons over

Watergate and drafted Articles of Impeachment for thought by the full House.

Before the vote his main advisors claimed that they would be unable to support

him any further leading to his resignation. This issue is a current problem

because it hurts the office of the President and it hurts the presidency because

his credibility is at stake. Essentially, if we allow the President to get away

with lying under oath then we are basically saying that it is okay for anyone to

do so. The other side to this basically says that since Clinton did not lie

about anything concerning the country?s welfare he should not be impeached. It

is not illegal to have an affair, just immoral in the eyes of some people.

?Article 1 – PERJURY BEFORE THE GRAND JURY PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE, by a vote

of 21-16 The President provided perjurious, false and misleading testimony to

the Federal grand jury regarding: 1. the nature of his relationship with Monica

Lewinsky; 2. prior perjurious, false and misleading testimony he gave in the

Paula Jones civil rights case; 3. prior false and misleading statements he

allowed his attorney, Bob Bennett, to make in the Paula Jones case; 4. His

efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of

evidence in the Paula Jones case. Article 2 – PERJURY IN THE JONES CASE PASSED

BY THE COMMITTEE, by a vote of 20-17 The President provided perjurious, false

and misleading testimony as part of the Paula Jones civil rights action brought

before him: 1. in his sworn answers to written questions (affidavit); and 2. In

his deposition. Article 3 – OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE PASSED BY THE COMMITTEE, by a

vote of 21-16 The President obstructed justice in an effort to delay, impede,

cover up, and conceal the existence of evidence related to the Paula Jones civil

rights case in the following cases: 1. December 17, 1997 – President Clinton

encouraged Monica Lewinsky to submit false written statement (affidavit) to the

court; 2. December 17, 1997 – President Clinton encouraged Monica Lewinsky to

give false testimony to the court; 3. December 28, 1997 – President Clinton

helped in a plan to hide the gifts Monica Lewinsky gave him; 4. December 7, 1997

- January 14, 1998 – President Clinton intensified efforts and succeeded in

getting Monica Lewinsky a job to prevent her truthful testimony; 5. January 17,

1998 – In his deposition in the Paula Jones civil rights case, President Clinton

allowed his attorney, Bob Bennett, to make false and misleading statements about

Monica Lewinsky’s affidavit; 6. January 18 and January 20-21, 1998 – President

Clinton made false and misleading statements to Betty Currie, a potential

witness, to influence her testimony in the Paula Jones civil case; 7. January

21, 23, and 26, 1998 – President Clinton made false and misleading statements to

Erskine Bowles, Bruce Lindsey, and Sidney Blumenthal, potential witnesses in the

criminal case, to influence their testimony. Article 4 ABUSE OF POWER NOTE: This

article was amended by a 29-5 vote The President misused and abused his office

and impaired the administration of justice. 1. The President made perjurious,

false and misleading statements to Congress (answers to the 81 questions).?

This issue has violated parts of the constitution. These parts of the United

States Constitution have been broken by the obstruction of justice. ?(18 USC

1510) Obstruction of Criminal Investigations (White House actions under the

supervision of the President involving the disappearance of evidence, tampering

with a homicide investigation, failure to cooperate, providing false and

misleading statements, and Obstructing Kennith Starr’s investigation as related

to Monica Lewinsky and other women.) (18 USC 1512(a)) Threatening Victims,

Witnesses or Informants, and Pressuring Monica Lewinsky to Lie under Oath.)?

(United States Constitution). President Clinton also misused many other parts of

the Presidential office, concerning perjury, fraud, and false statements,

racketeering, and misuse of government property. If the problem is not corrected

this could lead to many other future incidents. Simply the President is not

above the law. Over the years we have heard countless stories of the military

and their own set of laws. A few years prior a high ranking woman in the

military was discharged because her husband and herself had not finalized their

divorce; at that time she had relations with another man leading to her

dismissal from her cherished military position. Now if the president, the

commander in chief, cheats on his wife, lies about it under oath, causes

millions of dollars in investigations, why shouldn?t he be dismissed as well?

Again, the President is not above the law. ?Article I, Section II The House of

Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have

the

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