Impeachment inquiry into Bill Clinton

Impeachment inquiry into Bill Clinton
Independent Counsel Ken Starr taking oath before testifying before the House Committee on the Judiciary in November 1998
Accused	Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Proponents	Newt Gingrich (speaker of the United States House of Representatives) Ken Starr (Independent counsel for the Whitewater controversy) Henry Hyde (chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary)
Committee	Judiciary
Committee chair	Henry Hyde
Date	October 8 – December 19, 1998 (2 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Outcome	Impeachment inquiry completed; House Committee on the Judiciary forwards four articles of impeachment to the full House
Charges	Perjury Obstruction of justice Abuse of Power
Cause	Clinton's testimony denying that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Clinton by Paula Jones; allegations made in the Starr Report
Congressional votes
House vote on resolution authorizing the inquiry
Votes in favor	258
Votes against	176
Result	Adopted
Voting in the House Committee on the Judiciary on articles of impeachment
Accusation	Perjury / grand jury
Votes in favor	21
Votes against	17
Result	Approved
Accusation	Perjury / Jones case
Votes in favor	20
Votes against	18
Result	Approved
Accusation	Obstruction of justice
Votes in favor	21
Votes against	17
Result	Approved
Accusation	Abuse of power
Votes in favor	21
Votes against	17
Result	Approved
Committee forwarded the four proposed articles of impeachment to the full House for consideration

The impeachment inquiry against Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, was initiated by a vote of the United States House of Representatives on October 8, 1998, roughly a month after the release of the Starr Report. The United States House of Representatives, led by Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich, voted to authorize a broad impeachment inquiry against President Clinton.^[1] The inquiry was conducted by the House Committee on the Judiciary.

The committee ultimately authored and approved four proposed articles of impeachment for consideration by the full House. Subsequently, on December 19, 1998, the full House voted to approve the first and third proposed articles, while rejecting the second and fourth proposed articles, thereby impeaching Bill Clinton.