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In the second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. Clinton advisor and close confidant [[George Stephanopoulos]] said publicly that there would be a "scorched-earth policy" if Clinton were impeached. <ref>[http://www.alamo-girl.com/02742.htm Insight Magazine], J Michael Waller, 6/19/00.</ref> Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives, but the Senate voted to acquit him. Clinton previously had decried the "politics of personal destruction." <ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/weekly/standard072299.asp Bill Clinton, Historian], Peter Wehner, Jewish World Review July 22, 1999.</ref>
In the second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. Clinton advisor and close confidant [[George Stephanopoulos]] said publicly that there would be a "scorched-earth policy" if Clinton were impeached. <ref>[http://www.alamo-girl.com/02742.htm Insight Magazine], J Michael Waller, 6/19/00.</ref> Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives, but the Senate voted to acquit him. Clinton previously had decried the "politics of personal destruction." <ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/weekly/standard072299.asp Bill Clinton, Historian], Peter Wehner, Jewish World Review July 22, 1999.</ref>
During the impeachment trial, pornographer [[Larry Flynt]], an old friend of Clinton advisors [[James Carville]] and [[Strobe Talbott]], publicly offered a $1 million reward for any information about the personal lives of members of Congress that could be used for the purposes of blackmail. The Senate subsequently voted to aquit Clinton.
During the impeachment trial, pornographer [[Larry Flynt]], an old friend of Clinton advisors [[James Carville]] and [[Strobe Talbott]], publicly offered a $1 million reward for any information about the personal lives of members of Congress that could be used for the purposes of blackmail.
Clinton lost his law license in Arkansas because he had committed perjury before a Federal judge.
Clinton lost his law license in Arkansas because he had committed perjury before a Federal judge.