IMPEACHMENT OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 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 the House Calendar and ordered to be printed MAIN COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman 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 KF 5076 MAJORITY STAFF DANIEL M. FREEMAN, Parliamentarian-Counsel JOSEPH H. GIBSON, Chief Counsel RICK FILKINS, Counsel JOHN F. MAUTZ, IV, Counsel STEPHEN PINKOS, Counsel DAVID P. SCHIPPERS, Chief Investigative Counsel GEORGE M. FISHMAN, Chief Counsel SUSAN BOGART, Investigative Counsel Member MINORITY STAFF JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Chief Counsel-Staff Director PERRY H. APELBAUM, Minority General ABBE D. LOWELL, Minority Chief Investigative Counsel Counsel DAVID G. LACHMANN, Counsel SAMPAK P. GARG, Investigative Counsel CYNTHIA A. R. MARTIN, Counsel STEVEN F. REICH, Investigative Counsel HENRY MONIZ, Counsel DEBORAH L. RHODE, Investigative Counsel STEPHANIE J. PETERS, Counsel KEVIN M. SIMPSON, Investigative Counsel SAMARA T. RYDER, Counsel Lis W. WIEHL, Investigative Counsel BRIAN P. WOOLFOLK, Counsel CONTENTS B. The Relationship Between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky C. The Events of December 5-6, 1997—President Clinton Learns Ms. Lewinsky is on the Witness List D. The Search for a Job for Ms. Lewinsky E. The Events of December 17, 1997–President Clinton Informs Ms. Lewinsky that She is on the Witness List F. The Events of December 19, 1997—Ms. Lewinsky Receives a Sub- 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 I. The Filing of the False Affidavit 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, 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 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 |