Title: American History: How Bill Clinton Became the Second President Ever to Be Impeached (VOA Special English 2007-08-15)
Headings: How Bill Clinton Became the Second President Ever to Be Impeached
How Bill Clinton Became the Second President Ever to Be Impeached
Content: They said Mr. Starr was acting against the president for political reasons. Media reports said Mr. Starr had offered shorter prison sentences to David Hale and others involved with Whitewater if they cooperated with his investigation. Defenders of the president said this meant these people had good reason to lie. Investigators said such offers are common. Other media reports said David Hale had received large amounts of money from a conservative organization that had strongly criticized Mr. Clinton. The president was threatened with removal from office after a sexual relationship with a young woman became public. It started when a former Arkansas state employee named Paula Corbin Jones took legal action against President Clinton in 1994. She charged that he had asked her for sex while he was governor of Arkansas. A federal judge dismissed her case for lack of evidence. But Mrs. Jones appealed the case.