Title: How does the impeachment process work? | 11alive.com
Headings: What does it take to impeach the President of the United States?
What does it take to impeach the President of the United States?
Only two presidents have been impeached in American history and a third was nearly impeached.
The Impeachment Process
The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson
The Resignation of President Richard Nixon
The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton
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Content: Among the witnesses Jones' attorneys included was Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern, who claimed to have had a sexual relationship with the president. Clinton gave a sworn deposition in January 1998 denying having had sexual relations with Lewinsky. Less than two weeks later, after news of the scandal broke publicly, Clinton addressed the allegations in a televised address to the nation, where he maintained his innocence. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," Clinton said. However, in taped grand jury testimony in August 1998, Clinton admitted that he'd had an "improper physical relationship" with Lewinsky. In a televised speech to the nation, the president admitted that his relationship with the former intern was "not appropriate." Following the November 1998 election, the Democratic party was in the minority in both the US House and the US Senate. Following Clinton's admissions, enough members of the House determined that Clinton's false testimony and perjury relating to the Jones lawsuit were impeachable offenses. Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 on the grounds of perjury to a grand jury and obstruction of justice. Two other articles failed: