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The lawsuit
A sexual harassment lawsuit brought in Arkansas by Paula Jones was at a hotel when a member of Governor Clinton's security detail, approached her and told her that the Governor would like to meet her in his hotel suite.There, according to her disputed account, Clinton made a series of increasingly aggressive moves, culminating in his dropping his pants exposing an erection--and then asking Jones to "kiss it. -
Cout ruled against Clinton
"Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, an affair intrinsically devoid of significance to anyone except Lewinsky, would have remained a secret from the public. The public would not have been worse for not knowing about it. There would have been no impeachment inquiry, no impeachment, -
congress considering impeachment
on the South Lawn of the White House surrounded by Democratic supporters, the President thanked those who voted against the impeachment articles and urged that we "stop the politics of personal destruction. We must," he said, "get rid of the poisonous venom of excessive partisanship, obsessive animosity, and uncontrolled anger." Polls taken that week suggested that the American public sided with Clinton, with 60% opposing impeachment. -
impeachment
President Clinton read a statement after the voting He expressed the hope that "all Americans--and I hope all Americans--here and Washington and throughout our land--will rededicate ourselves to the work of serving our nation and building our future together
