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October 8, 1998: House approves a broad, open-ended impeachment inquiry against the President. |
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November 3 Republicans had hoped to transform mid-term elections into Clinton's public execution. Friendly fire. Speaker of the House Newt Gringich is the one to be ousted. |
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December 19 After fighting two disastrous wars - one in Congress, the other in Iraq - Bill Clinton becomes the second President of the United States to face removal from office: two articles of impeachment are voted by the House. Talk of historic achievement!
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January 14, 1999 The U.S. State Senate becomes a courtroom, and the impeachment trial of William Jefferson Clinton begins. The president doesn't seem to notice. |
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January 27 John-Paul II meets Bill Clinton in Saint-Louis. The pope and the martyr. |
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February 12, 1999
Bill Clinton is acquitted by the Senate.
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