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<blockquote data-quote="Rutherford B Hays" data-source="post: 4050246" data-attributes="member: 76876"><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/us-government/obstruction-of-justice" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/us-government/obstruction-of-justice</a>Bill Clinton’s ImpeachmentFamously, in the late 1990s, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr attempted to charge former President <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/bill-clinton" target="_blank">Bill Clinton</a> with obstruction of justice by accusing the latter of denying to friends and subordinates that he had had a sexual relationship with <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/monica-lewinsky" target="_blank">Monica Lewinsky</a>, in hopes (according to Starr) that they would repeat the denials to the grand jury investigating the matter.The House of Representatives voted to charge Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice, and the matter was sent to the U.S. Senate for trial.In the end, Starr wasn’t able to prove the charges, the Senate failed to muster enough votes to find him guilty, and Clinton finished out his term in officeYeah that&#039;s similar to what they are accusing Trump with</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rutherford B Hays, post: 4050246, member: 76876"] [URL]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/us-government/obstruction-of-justice[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Bill Clinton’s Impeachment[/B][/SIZE] Famously, in the late 1990s, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr attempted to charge former President [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/bill-clinton']Bill Clinton[/URL] with obstruction of justice by accusing the latter [color=red]of denying to friends and subordinates that he had had a sexual relationship with [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/monica-lewinsky']Monica Lewinsky[/URL], in hopes (according to Starr) that they would repeat the denials to the grand jury investigating the matter.[/color] The House of Representatives voted to charge Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice, and the matter was sent to the U.S. Senate for trial. In the end, Starr wasn’t able to prove the charges, the Senate failed to muster enough votes to find him guilty, and Clinton finished out his term in office Yeah that's similar to what they are accusing Trump with [/QUOTE]

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