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Timeline of Bill Clinton/ Monica Lewinsky sex scandal


Timeline of Bill Clinton/ Monica Lewinsky sex scandal

November 1995 - President Clinton , 49, engages in an affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, 22

March 1997 - The affair ends, consistent with Lewinsky. She said that they had engaged in sexual encounters on nine occasions

September 1997 - White House employee Linda Tripp begins recording her conversations with Lewinsky after she confided in Tripp about the affair

January 7, 1998 - Lewinsky signs an affidavit stating that she never had a relationship with Clinton . This was at the request of attorneys representing Paula Jones, who had accused Clinton of harassment in 1994

January 17, 1998 - News of the scandal first breaks on the Drudge Report

January 26, 1998 - Clinton denies the affair while standing together with his wife Hillary at a White House news conference . He says the famous line: 'I didn't have sexual relations thereupon woman'

January 27, 1998 - Hillary Clinton appears on the TODAY Show where she defends her husband and calls the claims 'a vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced his run president'

February 6, 1998 - Clinton says during a news conference that he won't resign from office

August 3, 1998 - A blood sample is taken from Clinton for DNA testing against stains from Lewinsky's blue dress

August 6, 1998 - Lewinsky begins to testify before the jury

October 2, 1998 - Transcripts of Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp’s taped phone conversations are released

December 11, 1998 - The House Judiciary committee votes to impeach, approving two articles of impeachment, including lying to a jury and obstruction of justice

December 12, 1998 - Clinton says he won't resign and denies lying under oath

December 19, 1998 - The House of Representatives votes to impeach Clinton . Clinton vows to stay in office until 'the last hour of the Judgment Day of my term'

January 7, 1999 - The Senate begins its trial of Clinton

February 12, 1999 - The Senate acquits Clinton on both charges of perjury and obstruction of justice
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