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(While four articles of impeachment were created by the House Judiciary Committee, only the two below were approved by the full House. In the Senate, the vote fell short of the 2/3 majority that was required to convict Clinton and remove him from office.)
RESOLVED, That William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors . . .
Article One: In his conduct while President of the United States . . . in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of the President . . . has . . . undermined the integrity of his office . . . betrayed his trust as President . . . and acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law by:
willfully corrupting and manipulating the judicial process of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration
willfully committing perjury by providing false and misleading testimony to the grand jury in relation to his relationship with an employee
willfully committing perjury by providing false and misleading testimony to the grand jury in relation to prior perjurious testimony in a civil rights action brought against him
allowing his attorney to make false and misleading statements in the same civil rights action
attempting to influence witness testimony and slow the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action
Article Three: . . . has [in the Paula Jones Case] prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice by:
encouraging a witness to give a perjurious affidavit
encouraging a witness to give false testimony if called to the stand
allowing and/or encouraging the concealment of subpoenaed evidence
attempting to sway a witness testimony by providing a job for that witness
allowing his attorney to make misleading testimony
giving false or misleading information to influence the testimony of a potential witness in a Federal civil rights action
giving false or misleading information to influence the testimony of a witness in a grand jury investigation
