Title: Bill Clinton: Why was he impeached? | CNN Politics
Headings: Why was Bill Clinton impeached?
Why was Bill Clinton impeached?
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The numbers
How a land deal inquiry became a sex scandal
The other Clinton sex scandal
The Republican impeachment push

Content: He had been snared by a public call from Larry Flynt, publisher of the pornographic Hustler magazine, for proof of sexual hypocrisy. The Senate trial of Clinton was a spectacle that featured videotaped testimony from Lewinsky and the embarrassing questions from Clinton’s grand jury testimony played back on the Senate floor. The entire scandal consumed the country for a year. News of the affair leaked into the press in January of 1998. Clinton talked to a grand jury about the meaning of the word “is” in August. Starr released his infamous report with its prurient details in September. The House voted to impeach in December. Clinton’s trial in the Senate took place in February 1999. Clinton’s job approval rating number remained high, which has led to the idea there can be political backlash for impeachment. But it’s also true that after his impeachment, Clinton’s vice president, Al Gore, didn’t invite him out on the campaign trail.