The President (United States).Washington--It seems almost a century ago, but yes, U.S. President Bill Clinton was impeached impeach v. 1) to attempt to prove that a witness has not told the truth or has been inconsistent, by introducing contrary evidence, including statements made outside of the courtroom in depositions or in statements of the witness heard by another. 2) to charge a public official with a public crime for which the punishment is removal from office. by the House of Representatives in December 1998, and placed on trial and acquitted by the Senate in January 1999. The prosecutors argued that this trial was about lying under oath, a public act, and about premeditated corruption of the system of justice, again, public acts. Editors of liberal newspapers and media, including Toronto's Globe and Star, pooh-poohed the proceedings, mocked the Republicans, claimed it was pure partisanship, and denied that this had anything to do with the welfare of the United States. A few weeks after the trial was over, it became known that, as Attorney General of Arkansas, the President had actually raped a nurse in a hotel room in 1978. Silence from the editorialists, silence from the feminists, denial by the lawyers. Mrs. Clinton, however, has not been seen in the presence of the President since. On March 12, 1999, a civil court in Arkansas convicted the President of perjury and obstruction of justice obstruction of justice n. an attempt to interfere with the administration of the courts, the judicial system or law enforcement officers, including threatening witnesses, improper conversations with jurors, hiding evidence, or interfering with an arrest. Such activity is a crime.. The National Post carried the news on page 1, the Toronto Star on page 14, and the Globe and Mail on page 20. |
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