[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 611 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                 In the House of Representatives, U.S.,

                                                     December 19, 1998.


 
 Impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, 
                   for high crimes and misdemeanors.

    Resolved, That William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is 
impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of 
impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
    Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United 
States of America, against William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United 
States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for 
high crimes and misdemeanors.

                                    Article I

    In his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson 
Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the 
office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in 
violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully 
executed, has willfully corrupted and manipulated the judicial process of the 
United States for his personal gain and exoneration, impeding the administration 
of justice, in that:
    On August 17, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton swore to tell the truth, the 
whole truth, and nothing but the truth before a Federal grand jury of the United 
States. Contrary to that oath, William Jefferson Clinton willfully provided 
perjurious, false and misleading testimony to the grand jury concerning one or 
more of the following: (1) the nature and details of his relationship with a 
subordinate Government employee; (2) prior perjurious, false and misleading 
testimony he gave in a Federal civil rights action brought against him; (3) 
prior false and misleading statements he allowed his attorney to make to a 
Federal judge in that civil rights action; and (4) his corrupt efforts to 
influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the discovery of evidence in 
that civil rights action.
    In doing this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of his 
office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as 
President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, 
to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
    Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment 
and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any 
office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

                                   Article II

    In his conduct while President of the United States, William Jefferson 
Clinton, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the 
office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, 
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in 
violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully 
executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, 
and has to that end engaged personally, and through his subordinates and agents, 
in a course of conduct or scheme designed to delay, impede, cover up, and 
conceal the existence of evidence and testimony related to a Federal civil 
rights action brought against him in a duly instituted judicial proceeding.
    The means used to implement this course of conduct or scheme included one or 
more of the following acts:
            (1) On or about December 17, 1997, William Jefferson Clinton 
        corruptly encouraged a witness in a Federal civil rights action brought 
        against him to execute a sworn affidavit in that proceeding that he knew 
        to be perjurious, false and misleading.
            (2) On or about December 17, 1997, William Jefferson Clinton 
        corruptly encouraged a witness in a Federal civil rights action brought 
        against him to give perjurious, false and misleading testimony if and 
        when called to testify personally in that proceeding.
            (3) On or about December 28, 1997, William Jefferson Clinton 
        corruptly engaged in, encouraged, or supported a scheme to conceal 
        evidence that had been subpoenaed in a Federal civil rights action 
        brought against him.
            (4) Beginning on or about December 7, 1997, and continuing through 
        and including January 14, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton intensified 
        and succeeded in an effort to secure job assistance to a witness in a 
        Federal civil rights action brought against him in order to corruptly 
        prevent the truthful testimony of that witness in that proceeding at a 
        time when the truthful testimony of that witness would have been harmful 
        to him.
            (5) On January 17, 1998, at his deposition in a Federal civil rights 
        action brought against him, William Jefferson Clinton corruptly allowed 
        his attorney to make false and misleading statements to a Federal judge 
        characterizing an affidavit, in order to prevent questioning deemed 
        relevant by the judge. Such false and misleading statements were 
        subsequently acknowledged by his attorney in a communication to that 
        judge.
            (6) On or about January 18 and January 20-21, 1998, William 
        Jefferson Clinton related a false and misleading account of events 
        relevant to a Federal civil rights action brought against him to a 
        potential witness in that proceeding, in order to corruptly influence 
        the testimony of that witness.
            (7) On or about January 21, 23, and 26, 1998, William Jefferson 
        Clinton made false and misleading statements to potential witnesses in a 
        Federal grand jury proceeding in order to corruptly influence the 
        testimony of those witnesses. The false and misleading statements made 
        by William Jefferson Clinton were repeated by the witnesses to the grand 
        jury, causing the grand jury to receive false and misleading 
        information.
    In all of this, William Jefferson Clinton has undermined the integrity of 
his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as 
President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, 
to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
    Wherefore, William Jefferson Clinton, by such conduct, warrants impeachment 
and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any 
office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.

                                        Speaker of the House of Representatives.

            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.