Senate Votes on the Articles of Impeachment
in the Trial of President William Clinton
February 12, 1999
Article One: Perjury
before the Grand Jury
(required
2/3rd majority or 67 votes)
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TOTAL |
REPUBLICANS |
DEMOCRATS |
GUILTY |
45
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45
|
0
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NOT
GUILTY |
55
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10
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45
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Republicans voting not guilty:
- Chafee, John (R-RI)
- Collins, Susan (R-ME)
- Gorton, Slade (R-WA)
- Jeffords, Jim (R-VT)
- Shelby, Richard (R-AL)
- Snowe, Olympia (R-ME)
- Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
- Stevens, Ted (R-AK)
- Thompson, Fred (R-TN)
- Warner, John (R-VA)
Democrats voting guilty:
In his conduct while President of the
United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his
constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of
the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect,
and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of
his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully
executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process
of the United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding
the administra tion of justice, in that:
On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson
Clinton swore to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth before a Federal grand jury of the United States. Contrary to
that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided perjurious,
false and misleading testimony to the grand jury concerning one or more
of the following: (1) the nature and details of his relationship with a
subordinate Government employee; (2) prior perjurious, false and
misleading testimony he gave in a Federal civil rights action brought
against him; (3) prior false and misleading statements he allowed his
attorney to make to a Federal judge in that civil rights action; and
(4) his corrupt efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to
impede the discovery of evidence in that civil rights action.
In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton
has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on
the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a
manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest
injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by
such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or
profit under the United States.
Article
Two: Obstruction of Justice
(required 2/3rd majority or 67 votes)
|
TOTAL |
REPUBLICANS |
DEMOCRATS |
GUILTY |
50
|
50
|
0
|
NOT GUILTY |
50
|
5
|
45
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Republicans voting not guilty:
- Chafee, John (R-RI)
- Collins, Susan (R-ME)
- Jeffords, Jim (R-VT)
- Snowe, Olympia (R-ME)
- Specter, Arlen (R-PA)
Democrats voting guilty:
In his conduct while President of
the United States, William Jefferson Clinton, in violation of his
constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of
the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect,
and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of
his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully
executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of
justice, and has to that end engaged personally, and through his
subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or scheme designed to
delay, impede, cover up, and conceal the existence of evidence and
testimony related to a Federal civil rights action brought against him
in a duly instituted judicial proceeding. The means used to implement
this course of conduct or scheme included one or more of the following
acts:
(1) On or about December 17,
1997, William Jefferson Clinton corruptly encouraged a witness in a
Federal civil rights action brought against him to execute a sworn
affidavit in that proceeding that he knew to be perjurious, false and
misleading.
(2) On or about December 17,
1997, William Jefferson Clinton corruptly encouraged a witness in a
Federal civil rights action brought against him to give perjurious,
false and misleading testimony if and when called to testify personally
in that proceeding.
(3) On or about December 28,
1997, William Jefferson Clinton corruptly engaged in, encouraged, or
supported a scheme to conceal evidence that had been subpoenaed in a
Federal civil rights action brought against him.
(4) Beginning on or about
December 7, 1997, and continuing through and including January 14,
1998, William Jefferson Clinton intensified and succeeded in an effort
to secure job assistance to a witness in a Federal civil rights action
brought against him in order to corruptly prevent the truthful
testimony of that witness in that proceeding at a time when the
truthful testimony of that witness would have been harmful to him.
(5) On January 17, 1998, at his
deposition in a Federal civil rights action brought against him,
William Jefferson Clinton corruptly allowed his attorney to make false
and misleading statements to a Federal judge characterizing an
affidavit, in order to prevent questioning deemed relevant by the
judge. Such false and misleading statements were subsequently
acknowledged by his attorney in a communication to that judge.
(6) On or about January 18 and
January 20-21, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton related a false and
misleading account of events relevant to a Federal civil rights action
brought against him to a potential witness in that proceeding, in order
to corruptly influence the testimony of that witness.
(7) On or about January 21, 23
and 26, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton made false and misleading
statements to potential witnesses in a Federal grand jury proceeding in
order to corruptly influence the testimony of those witnesses. The
false and misleading statements made by William Jefferson Clinton were
repeated by the witnesses to the grand jury, causing the grand jury to
receive false and misleading information.
In all of this, William Jefferson
Clinton has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought
disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and
has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the
manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, William Jefferson
Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal
from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor,
trust or profit under the United States.
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