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== Whitewater Affair ==
 
== Whitewater Affair ==
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His close personal business partnerships with James McDougall in a failed Savings and Loan business venture lead to investigation of the [[Whitewater]] affair. Several of the people involved with the sale of land prior to the Clinton presidency were indicted, but the Clintons were never charged with a crime. Thus began the long persecution of Bill Clinton by a Vast, Venal and Evil Right Wing Conspiracy (VVERWC)({{fact}}
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His close personal business partnerships with James McDougall in a failed Savings and Loan business venture lead to investigation of the [[Whitewater]] affair. Several of the people involved with the sale of land prior to the Clinton presidency were indicted, but the Clintons were never charged with a crime.{{fact}}
    
==    Impeachment  ==
 
==    Impeachment  ==
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On Aug. 17, 1998, after relentless media attention, leaks, and news of Lewinsky's upcoming testimony, Clinton made history by becoming the first U.S. president to testify in front of a grand jury in an investigation of his own possibly criminal conduct. In an address to the nation, he admitted to having had an "inappropriate relationship" with Lewinsky, but reaffirmed that he did not ask anyone to lie about or cover up the affair.  
 
On Aug. 17, 1998, after relentless media attention, leaks, and news of Lewinsky's upcoming testimony, Clinton made history by becoming the first U.S. president to testify in front of a grand jury in an investigation of his own possibly criminal conduct. In an address to the nation, he admitted to having had an "inappropriate relationship" with Lewinsky, but reaffirmed that he did not ask anyone to lie about or cover up the affair.  
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[[Kenneth Starr]], the special prosecutor in the case, known to his fellow VVERWC members as the Grand Inquisitor, persued the matter until he was finally able to catch ol' Bill out on a tiny little  fudging of the truth on an issue so unimportant and private as to be ridiculous.
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[[Kenneth Starr]], the special prosecutor in the case, pursued the matter.  
    
Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives. During his second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.  The US Senate voted to acquit him. He later lost his law license in Arkansas.
 
Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives. During his second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit.  The US Senate voted to acquit him. He later lost his law license in Arkansas.

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