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Efforts to impeach Bill Clinton
During his presidency, Bill Clinton, the 42ndpresident of the United States, saw multiple efforts to impeach him.
An early effort in congress saw Republican congressman Bob Barr write a resolution, co-signed by eighteen fellow House Republicans, which sought to launch an impeachment inquiry in 1997.
In October of 1998, in the aftermath of the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal and the release of the Starr Report, which largely focused on the scandal, an impeachment inquiry was launched, and in December Clinton was impeached on allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice.
Clinton was acquitted in his subsequent impeachment trial.
Early support and efforts
By October 1993, a petition was being nationally circulated to impeach Clinton for, among other offenses, allegedly abusing his office and causing "great prejudice to the cause of law and justice".
The petition was organized by Carol and Michael Benn.[1]
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