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House Predictions Vary on Move Against Clinton
House Republicans and Democrats are grappling with whether to
impeach President Clinton, with some lawmakers saying that a censure
might be a more appropriate punishment if the president would clearly admit he lied about his affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Therapists See Good From Clinton Scandal
At least somebody sees an upside of the neverending talk about Monica Lewinsky. Throughout the Washington area, many psychotherapits say the scandal has touched some patients in personal ways, prompting them to address concerns about their own relationships.
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From Saturday, November 28
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Clinton Says He Misled but Did Not Lie
Responding to 81 questions posed by the House Judiciary Committee, President Clinton asserted again that he did not lie under oath about
his relationship with Monica Lewinsky but acknowledged doing wrong
and misleading friends, advisers and the American people.
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From Thursday, November 26
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Starr Office May Be Open 2 More Years
Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr's office will remain open for
business for up to two more years as it wraps up lingering investigations and prosecutors may consider indicting President Clinton after he leaves the White House, a top Starr aide said.
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Open Season On Chelsea? Tabloids Say She's Now Fair Game
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Search for Tripp Tapes Turns to Neighbor
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From Wednesday, November 25
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Perjury Charge Faces Close Vote in House
A preliminary survey by House Republicans looking ahead to a floor vote on impeaching President Clinton found that a single article charging him with perjury would come close to passing while a possible second count of obstruction of justice would fail.
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Starr Gets Personal in TV Interview
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From Tuesday, November 24
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McDougal Acquitted in Embezzlement Case
Susan McDougal, the reluctant witness and enigmatic partner of the Clintons in the failed Whitewater development, was acquitted of unrelated charges that she fleeced famed musical conductor Zubin Mehta and his wife, Nancy, of $50,000 in a credit card and check fraud scheme.
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Hubbell Pleads Innocent
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Second Hearing to Focus on Perjury Issue
Livingston Wants Up-or-Down Vote on Impeachment
House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston said Sunday he
wants the full House to vote on
impeaching President Clinton even if it
becomes clear that an impeachment
vote would not command a majority,
and he expressed reservations about a
House censure of the president.
Impeachment Stirs Anxiety Among House GOP
Even as Judiciary Committee Republicans push for or lying about his affair with Monica S. Lewinsky, most other House Republicans appear torn by the decision or eager to find a way out of the thicket.
• Frost: Censure Could Be Solution
• Jones Says Apology Is Not Important
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From Saturday, November 21
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Judiciary GOP Closer to Impeaching
The Republican majority on the House Judiciary
Committee emerged from this week's nationally
televised hearing determined to impeach President
Clinton for lying under oath.
• Clinton Gives Hearings 'Glancing Attention'
• Starr Undercut by Advisor's Resignation
• Ethics Consultant for Starr Quits in Protest
Starr Defends His Probe During Partisan Hearings
Independent counsel Kenneth Starr vigorously defended his investigation into President Clinton in the face of relentless Democratic attacks on his own integrity as the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday conducted an impeachment hearing electrified by partisanship.
• Analysis: Turning Tables on the Prosecutor
• Few Cracks in Starr's Mostly Genial Mask
• Hearing Opens With Party Lines Drawn
• Whitewater Probe's Insufficient Evidence
• Kenneth Starr, With Legal Certitude for All
• Media Weigh In on Ho-Hum 'Historic' Event
• Tom Shales: Hanging Judge of Babble-On
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From Thursday, November 19
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Clinton 'Thwarted' Probe, Starr to Say
Independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr plans to tell Congress that President Clinton misused "the machinery of government" and "thwarted the search for truth" in a wide-ranging scheme to illegally interfere with Paula Jones's sexual harassment lawsuit and Starr's subsequent criminal investigation.
• Hearings to Reveal Man Behind the Curtain
• Gregory Craig, Clinton's 'Quarterback'
• Censure: a Debate With a Past
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From Wednesday, November 18
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Tripp's Tapes: Listening in on a Betrayal
The 22 hours of chatter between Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp became familiar and shocking – a sighing, giggling, sobbing soundscape of the American night, and a breathtaking study in betrayal.
• Clinton Team Accepts Offer to Query Starr
• Legal Questions Bedevil Jones Deal
• Media: Tripp Tapes Play to Excess
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From Tuesday, November 17
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Goldberg: Scandal's Producer and Publicist
Brassy, smart, and by her own account sometimes downright mean,
Lucianne Goldberg, 63, did her best to keep the scandal pot boiling.
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Lewinsky Gets Book Deal
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White House Gets Half-Hour to Query Starr
House Takes Up 'Awful' Task With Options Unclear
The House Judiciary Committee this
week takes up the solemn task of
weighing whether to impeach a
president while faced with a ticking
clock, an unhappy public, and a
growing desire by members on both
sides of the aisle to craft a way out.
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Marine Critic of Clinton Is Chided
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From Saturday, November 14
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Clinton Settles Jones Lawsuit for $850,000
President Clinton reached an out-of-court settlement
with Paula Jones, agreeing to pay her
$850,000 to drop the sexual harassment lawsuit that
led to the worst political crisis of his career and only
the third presidential impeachment inquiry in
American history.
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Starr Brings 3rd Indictment Against Hubbell
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Starr Sends House New Files on Willey
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Analysis: Deal Dislodges a Hurdle for Clinton
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Text of Jones Settlement Agreement
Grand Jury Probing Tripp Questions Goldberg
Linda Tripp confidante Lucianne Goldberg said that a Maryland grand jury is focusing on when Tripp learned that her secretly taped telephone conversations with Monica Lewinsky were illegal – a key element in proving a wiretap violation.
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