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Articles
of Impeachment
RESOLUTION
Impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of
the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, that William Jefferson Clinton, President
of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors,
and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United
States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people
of the United States of America, against William Jefferson Clinton,
President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support
of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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In his conduct while President of the United States,
William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully
to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the
best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to
take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has willfully corrupted
and manipulated the judicial process of the United States for his personal
gain and exoneration, impeding the administra tion of justice, in that:
On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore
to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth before
a Federal grand jury of the United States. Contrary to that oath, William
Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious, false and misleading
testimony to the grand jury concerning one or more of the following:
(1) the nature and details of his relationship with a subordinate Government
employee; (2) prior perjurious, false and misleading testi mony he gave
in a Federal civil rights action brought against him; (3) prior false
and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a Federal
judge in that civil rights action; and (4) his corrupt efforts to influence
the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in
that civil rights action.
In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined
the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency,
has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive
of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people
of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct,
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification
to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United
States.
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In his conduct while President of the United States,
William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully
to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the
best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution
of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to
take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed,
and impeded the administration of justice, and has to that end engaged
personally, and through his subordinates and agents, in a course of
conduct or scheme designed to delay, impede, cover up, and conceal the
existence of evidence and testimony related to a Federal civil rights
action brought against him in a duly instituted judicial proceeding.
The means used to implement this course of conduct or scheme included
one or more of the following acts:
(1) On or about December 17, 1997, William Jefferson
Clinton corruptly encouraged a witness in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to execute a sworn affidavit in that proceeding
that he knew to be perjurious, false and misleading.
(2) On or about December 17, 1997, William Jefferson
Clinton corruptly encouraged a witness in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to give perjurious, false and misleading testimony
if and when called to testify personally in that proceeding.
(3) On or about December 28, 1997, William Jefferson
Clinton corruptly engaged in, encouraged, or supported a scheme to
conceal evidence that had been subpoenaed in a Federal civil rights
action brought against him.
(4) Beginning on or about December 7, 1997, and continuing
through and including January 14, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton
intensified and succeeded in an effort to secure job assistance to
a witness in a Federal civil rights action brought against him in
order to corruptly prevent the truthful testimony of that witness
in that proceeding at a time when the truthful testimony of that witness
would have been harmful to him.
(5) On January 17, 1998, at his deposition in a Federal
civil rights action brought against him, William Jefferson Clinton
corruptly allowed his attorney to make false and misleading statements
to a Federal judge characterizing an affidavit, in order to prevent
questioning deemed relevant by the judge. Such false and misleading
statements were subsequently acknowledged by his attorney in a communication
to that judge.
(6) On or about January 18 and January 20-21, 1998,
William Jefferson Clinton related a false and misleading account of
events relevant to a Federal civil rights action brought against him
to a potential witness in that proceeding, in order to corruptly influence
the testimony of that witness.
(7) On or about January 21, 23 and 26, 1998, William
Jefferson Clinton made false and misleading statements to potential
witnesses in a Federal grand jury proceeding in order to corruptly
influence the testimony of those witnesses. The false and misleading
statements made by William Jefferson Clinton were repeated by the
witnesses to the grand jury, causing the grand jury to receive false
and misleading information.
In all of this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined
the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency,
has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive
of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people
of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct,
warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification
to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United
States.
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