Impeachment-artikelen van het Huis van Afgevaardigden
Resolved that William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is
impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of
impeachment be exhibited to the United
States Senate:
Articles of impeachment exhibited by
the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself
and of the people of the United States of
America, against William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States of
America, in maintenance and support of
its impeachment against him for high
crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I
In his conduct while President of the
United States, William Jefferson Clinton,
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of
the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States, and in
violation of his constitutional duty to take
care that the laws be faithfully executed,
has willfully corrupted and manipulated
the judicial process of the United States
for his personal gain and exoneration,
impeding the administration of justice, in
that:
On Aug. 17, 1998, William Jefferson
Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth before a
Federal grand jury of the United States.
Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson
Clinton willfully provided perjurious,
false and misleading testimony to the
grand jury concerning one or more of the
following: (1) the nature and details of his
relationship with a subordinate Government employee; (2) prior perjurious,
false and misleading testimony he gave in
a Federal civil rights action brought
against him; (3) prior false and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to
make to a Federal judge in that civil
rights action; and (4) his corrupt efforts
to influence the testimony of witnesses
and to impede the discovery of evidence in
that civil rights action.
In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton
has undermined the integrity of his office,
has brought disrepute on the Presidency,
has betrayed his trust as President, and
has acted in a manner subversive of the
rule of law and justice, to the manifest
injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton,
by such conduct, warrants impeachment
and trial and removal from office and
disqualification to hold and enjoy any
office of honor, trust or profit under the
United States.
ARTICLE III
In his conduct while President of the
United States, William Jefferson Clinton,
in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of
the United States and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States, and in
violation of his constitutional duty to take
care that the laws be faithfully executed,
has prevented, obstructed and impeded
the administration of justice, and has to
that end engaged personally and through
his subordinates and agents, in a course of
conduct or scheme designed to delay, impede, cover up and conceal the existence
of evidence and testimony related to a
Federal civil rights action brought
against him in a duly instituted judicial
proceeding.
The means used to implement this
course of conduct or scheme included one
or more of the following acts:
(1) On or about Dec. 17, 1997, William
Jefferson Clinton corruptly encouraged a
witness in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to execute a sworn
affidavit in that proceeding that he knew
to be perjurious, false and misleading.
(2) On or about Dec. 17, 1997, William
Jefferson Clinton corruptly encouraged a
witness in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to give perjurious,
false and misleading testimony if and
when called to testify personally in that
proceeding.
(3) On or about Dec. 28, 1997, William
Jefferson Clinton corruptly engaged in,
encouraged or supported a scheme to
conceal evidence that had been subpoenaed in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him.
(4) Beginning on or about Dec. 7, 1997,
and continuing through and including Jan.
14, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton intensified and succeeded in an effort to secure
job assistance to a witness in a Federal
civil rights action brought against him in
order to corruptly prevent the truthful
testimony of that witness in that proceeding at a time when the truthful testimony
of that witness would have been harmful
to him.
(5) On Jan. 17, 1998, at his deposition in
a Federal civil rights action brought
against him, William Jefferson Clinton
corruptly allowed his attorney to make
false and misleading statements to a Federal judge characterizing an affidavit, in
order to prevent questioning deemed relevant by the judge. Such false and misleading statements were subsequently acknowledged by his attorney in a communication to that judge.
(6) On or about Jan. 18 and Jan. 20-21,
1998, William Jefferson Clinton related a
false and misleading account of events
relevant to a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to a potential witness
in that proceeding, in order to corruptly
influence the testimony of that witness.
(7) On or about Jan. 21, 23 and 26, 1998,
William Jefferson Clinton made false and
misleading statements to potential witnesses in a Federal grand jury proceeding
in order to corruptly influence the testimony of those witnesses. The false and
misleading statements made by William
Jefferson Clinton were repeated by the
witnesses to the grand jury, causing the
grand jury to receive false and misleading information.
In all of this, William Jefferson Clinton
has undermined the integrity of his office,
has brought disrepute on the Presidency,
has betrayed his trust as President, and
has acted in a manner subversive of the
rule of law and justice, to the manifest
injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton,
by such conduct, warrants impeachment
and trial, and removal from office and
disqualification to hold and enjoy any
office of honor, trust or profit under the
United States.