Word: trialing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senate's vote last week to acquit the president on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice came as little surprise. Despite desperate last-minute attempts to bolster their case with yet another round of testimony from witnesses, the House impeachment managers throughout the trial were unable to provide a compelling explanation for how the president's actions in the Monica Lewinsky affair met the constitutional standard of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Neither charge could muster a simple majority, a sign of how weak the House's charges were from the beginning...
...history books. The already low esteem most Americans hold for government has only fallen more. In December, after House Republicans forced two articles of impeachment through on an almost completely partisan vote, it seemed the nation was in for the nadir of American politics: a protracted, partisan trial in the upper house...
...Senate performed admirably. Senators resisted calls to short-circuit the trial required by the Constitution, while preventing the proceedings from dragging on longer than necessary. Though Republican senators did ram through several procedural votes along party lines, the trial as a whole bore little resemblance to the partisan fray in the House...
...immunity is anything but academic. Last week the New York Times reported that the independent counsel believes he has the authority to bring criminal charges against Clinton before he leaves office. The Times piece, though it broke little new ground, jarred Clinton allies: just as they were cheering the trial's end, the newspaper offered a reminder that the last word on the scandals may belong to his nemesis. "Starr sees the President as a real lawbreaker who deserves to be put in jail," says a White House adviser. "There's no way the President can relax with...
Another coming chapter is the prosecution of Julie Hiatt Steele, Willey's former confidant who was indicted last month on charges of perjury and obstruction. Starr's team is also preparing for trials of two previously jailed Whitewater figures: Webster Hubbell (on the charge of making false statements) and Susan McDougal (on the charge of criminal contempt for stiff arming Starr's inquiries). The onetime Clinton confidants have long been suspected of withholding dirt, but if they haven't cracked yet, it's hard to imagine they ever will. The ultimate question for Starr is what to do legally with...