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IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON,
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

REPORT

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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
the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

★ 52-880

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1998

MAIN

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.,
Wisconsin

BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida
GEORGE W. GEKAS, Pennsylvania
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
ELTON GALLEGLY, California
CHARLES T. CANADY, Florida
BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia
STEPHEN E. BUYER, Indiana
ED BRYANT, Tennessee
STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
BOB BARR, Georgia

WILLIAM L. JENKINS, Tennessee
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana

CHRISTOPHER B. CANNON, Utah
JAMES E. ROGAN, California

LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
MARY BONO, California

JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
HOWARD L. BERMAN, California
RICK BOUCHER, Virginia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
ROBERT C. SCOTT, Virginia

MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina

ZOE LOFGREN, California

SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
MAXINE WATERS, California

MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts

WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts

ROBERT WEXLER, Florida

STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey

THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin

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THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., General Counsel-Chief of Staff
JON W. DUDAS, Deputy General Counsel-Staff Director
DIANA L. SCHACHT, Deputy Staff Director-Chief Counsel
DANIEL M. FREEMAN, Parliamentarian-Counsel
PAUL J. MCNULTY, Director of Communications-Chief Counsel
JOSEPH H. GIBSON, Chief Counsel

RICK FILKINS, Counsel

SHAREE M. FREEMAN, Counsel
PETER J. LEVINSON, Counsel
JOHN F. MAUTZ, IV, Counsel
WILLIAM E. MOSCHELLA, Counsel
STEPHEN PINKOS, Counsel

GEORGE M. FISHMAN, Chief Counsel
MITCH GLAZIER, Chief Counsel
JOHN H. LADD, Chief Counsel

RAYMOND V. SMIETANKA, Chief Counsel
LAURA ANN BAXTER, Counsel
DANIEL J. BRYANT, Counsel
CATHLEEN A. CLEAVER, Counsel
VINCE GARLOCK, Counsel
JAMES W. HARPER, Counsel

SUSAN JENSEN-CONKLIN, Counsel
DEBRA K. LAMAN, Counsel
BLAINE S. MERRITT, Counsel
NICOLE R. NASON, Counsel
GLENN R. SCHMITT, Counsel
JIM Y. WILON, Counsel

DAVID P. SCHIPPERS, Chief Investigative Counsel

SUSAN BOGART, Investigative Counsel
ROBERT S. HOOVER, Counsel

JOHN C. KOCORAS, Counsel

BERLE S. LITTMANN, Investigator
STEPHEN P. LYNCH, Professional Staff
Member

CHARLES F. MARINO, Counsel

JEFFREY J. PAVLETIC, Investigative Counsel
THOMAS M. SCHIPPERS, Investigative Counsel
ALBERT F. TRACY, Investigator

PETER J. WACKS, Investigator
DIANA L. WOZNICKI, Investigator

MINORITY STAFF

JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Chief Counsel-Staff Director

PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority General

Counsel

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ABBE D. LOWELL, Minority Chief Investigative
Counsel

SAMPAK P. GARG, Investigative Counsel
STEVEN F. REICH, Investigative Counsel
DEBORAH L. RHODE, Investigative Counsel
KEVIN M. SIMPSON, Investigative Counsel
LIS W. WIEHL, Investigative Counsel

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J. The Events of January 17, 1998-President Clinton and Mr. Bennett

at the Deposition

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

rights action.

4. The Committee concluded that the President provided perjuri-

ous,
false, and misleading testimony to a Federal grand jury

concerning his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of wit-

nesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in that civil

rights action.

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

brought against him were untrue.

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