It was 1998, and the House of Representatives had just approved two articles of impeachment for Bill Clinton’s “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
This followed months of blistering scrutiny by Congress and the national news media of Clinton’s sexual indiscretions — a claim of sexual harassment by former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones and allegations of an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton, you’ll recall, was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice.
