4. The Committee concluded that beginning on or about December
7, 1997, and continuing through and including January 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. The Committee concluded that on January 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 characteriz-
ing an affidavit, in order to prevent questioning deemed relevant
by the judge. Such false and misleading statements were subse-
quently acknowledged by his attorney in a communication to
that judge.
6. The Committee concluded that on or about January 18 and
January 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. The Committee concluded that on or about January 21, 23,
and 26, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton made false and mislead-
ing 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.
D. Article IV-Abuse of Power
1. The President abused his power by refusing and failing to re-
spond to certain written requests for admission and willfully
made perjurious, false, and misleading sworn statements in re-
sponse to certain written requests for admission propounded to
him by the Committee.
a. Request for Admission Number 19
b. Request for Admission Number 20
c. Request for Admission Number 24
d. Request for Admission Number 26
e. Request for Admission Number 27
f. Request for Admission Number 34
g. Request for Admission Number 42
h. Request for Admission Number 43
i. Request for Admission Number 52
j. Request for Admission Number 53
2. Explanation of the Gekas Amendment to Article IV
IV. The Constitutional Process of Impeachment
A. General Arguments About Impeachment
1. Constitutional Provisions
2. Impeachment is Not Removal from Office
3. Impeachment Does Not Overturn an Election
4. A Senate Trial of an Impeachment is a Constitutional Process
b. Lessons from the Judicial Impeachments of the 1980s
i. Federal Judges v. Presidents
ii. Perjurious, False, and Misleading Statements Made
Under Oath of Subject to Penalty for Perjury