IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY together with ADDITIONAL, MINORITY, AND DISSENTING VIEWS TO ACCOMPANY H. RES. 611 DECEMBER 16, 1998 (pursuant to clause 2(1)(5) of rule XI).—Referred to ★ 52-880 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1998 MAIN COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee CHRISTOPHER B. CANNON, Utah LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina ZOE LOFGREN, California SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts ROBERT WEXLER, Florida STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., General Counsel-Chief of Staff RICK FILKINS, Counsel SHAREE M. FREEMAN, Counsel GEORGE M. FISHMAN, Chief Counsel RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Chief Counsel SUSAN JENSEN-CONKLIN, Counsel DAVID P. SCHIPPERS, Chief Investigative Counsel SUSAN BOGART, Investigative Counsel JOHN C. KOCORAS, Counsel BERLE S. LITTMANN, Investigator CHARLES F. MARINO, Counsel JEFFREY J. PAVLETIC, Investigative Counsel PETER J. WACKS, Investigator MINORITY STAFF JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Chief Counsel-Staff Director PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority General Counsel ABBE D. LOWELL, Minority Chief Investigative SAMPAK P. GARG, Investigative Counsel B. The Relationship Between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky C. The Events of December 5-6, 1997-President Clinton Learns Ms. G. The Events of December 28, 1997-Ms. Currie Retrieves the Gifts H. The Events of January 5-9, 1997—Ms. Lewinsky Signs the False J. The Events of January 17, 1998-President Clinton and Mr. Bennett K. The Events of Late January, 1998-The Deposition Aftermath L. The Events of August 17, 1998-The Grand Jury Testimony M. Answers to the Committee's Requests for Admission III. Explanation of Articles of Impeachment A. Article I-Perjury in the Grand Jury 1. The Committee concluded that, on August 17, 1998, the Presi- dent provided perjurious, false, and misleading testimony to a Federal grand jury concerning the nature and details of his relationship with a subordinate government employee. 2. The Committee concluded that the President provided perjuri- ous, false, and misleading testimony to a Federal grand jury concerning prior perjurious, false, and misleading testimony he gave in a federal civil rights action brought against him. 3. The Committee concluded that the President provided perjuri- ous, false, and misleading testimony to a Federal grand jury concerning prior perjurious, false, and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a Federal judge in that civil 4. The Committee concluded that the President provided perjuri- ous, concerning his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of wit- nesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in that civil a. The President gave perjurious, false, and misleading testi- mony before the grand jury when he denied engaging in a plan to hide evidence that had been subpoenaed in the federal civil rights action against him. b. The President made perjurious, false, and misleading state- ments before the grand jury regarding his knowledge that the contents of an affidavit executed by a subordinate federal employee who was a witness in the federal civil rights action |