Gingrich, Livingston & Hastert Impeached Clinton for What?

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24. The court found that he had lied to the court while under oath. There is no question of that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/contempt041399.htm

The Arkansas Supreme Court that suspended his license found the same thing. It was NOT voluntary. The bar association or whatever the correct title is wanted it taken away and the court fucking agreed. Bar association do NOT do this lightly, any more than a cop turns in another cop lightly, let alone when the fellow lawyer was former Governor of Arkansas and a then sitting President. He had a choice, his ONLY choice, between surrendering his license for five years or getting disbarred permanently. That's not "voluntary" surrender."

The Arkansas Supreme Court suspended Clinton's Arkansas law license in April 2000. On January 19, 2001, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension and a $25,000 fine in order to avoid disbarment and to end the investigation of Independent Counsel Robert Ray (Starr's successor). On October 1, 2001, Clinton's U.S. Supreme Court law license was suspended, with 40 days to contest his disbarment. On November 9, 2001, the last day for Clinton to contest the disbarment, he opted to resign from the Supreme Court Bar, surrendering his license, rather than facing penalties related to disbarment.

In the end, Independent Counsel Ray said:

"The Independent Counsel’s judgment that sufficient evidence existed to prosecute President Clinton was confirmed by President Clinton’s admissions and by evidence showing that he engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._Jones


He lied on TV while giving grand jury testimony. There is no question he lied under oath. . He later admitted to the nation that he had. Ergo, the burden of proof is irrelevant.

This stuff is not poetry. It's not a matter of individual interpretation. There are court opinions out there, videostapes, sworn depositions by Clinton in which he lied, newspaper stories. You know, actual facts and actual evidence.