November 19th

On this day - 19th November 1998 - Started impeachment hearings against Bill Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton had a sexual relationship with a White House employee, Monica Lewinsky. On this day the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives started the impeachment hearings in light of the extra-marital affair. The impeachment charges were perjury and obstruction of justice. Bill Clinton was acquitted of all charges after a 21 day long Senate trail. President Clinton denied the affair at first with the famous words "...I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky...". President Clinton later admitted that he did have an "improper physical relationship". Miss Lewinsky was given immunity in exchange for her testimony. The impeachment hearings were the second against a president, if you don´t count Nixon who resigned his office before he could be impeached. Bill Clinton`s wife Hillary Clinton stood by her husband throughout the scandal and she is now one of the candidates for the Democratic party for the next presidential election.