Foreword
On December 19, 1998, the House of Representatives impeachedPresident Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justicein his alleged attempts to cover up a sexual relationship witha White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.The House action — which made President Clinton only thesecond President in U.S. history to be impeached — was thelatest in a chain of events that began five years ago with aninvestigation into the President’s financial dealings when hewas governor of Arkansas. This investigation was gradually expandedto cover a wide range of activities during Clinton’s presidency.For the past year, the story has consumed the news media and theNation’s Capital,…
