President William J. Clinton Impeachment - Lewinsky Matter Documents & Audio Recordings

President William J. Clinton Impeachment - Lewinsky Matter Documents & Audio Recordings

40,905 pages of documents from the Office of Independent Counsel, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, FBI, Grand Jury, President Clinton Administration White House,  Historical and Legal Analysis of Impeachment and surreptitious audio recordings.

The impeachment of President Bill Clinton was initiated on October 8, 1998, when the United States House of Representatives voted to commence impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, for "high crimes and misdemeanors". The specific charges against Clinton were lying under oath and obstruction of justice. The charges stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Clinton by Paula Jones and from Clinton's testimony denying that he had engaged in a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. The catalyst for the president's impeachment was the Starr Report, a September 1998 report prepared by Independent Counsel Ken Starr for the House Judiciary Committee.

 
Document highlights include:

Rebuttal Documents Submitted by the Clinton Administration

Table of Monica Lewinsky White House Visits

Table of Contacts between Monica Lewinsky and the President

Brett Kavanaugh Independent Counsel Files

Audio of Phone Calls between Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky

FBI Body Wire Recording Audio

Monica Lewinsky E-mails regarding issues related to her relationship with the President

Materials and handwritten notes relating to the OIC's discussions with the Justice Department concerning its expansion of jurisdiction of the Whitewater probe to include the allegations relating to Lewinsky

Grand Jury Testimony Transcripts
 


Sections of this collection includes:

Congressional Documents

7,150 pages of House and Senate documents chronicling  the process of impeachment of President Clinton, the addressing of Constitutional issues and analysis of the history of the application of the impeachment process.      


Brett M. Kavanaugh Associate Independent Counsel Files

10,210 pages of files from the Brett M. Kavanaugh Associate Independent Counsel Files.

Brett M. Kavanaugh, who would later become an Associate Justice of Supreme Court of the United States, was an associate counsel with the Office of Independent Counsel during its investigation of President Bill Clinton. Kavanaugh advocated aggressive questioning of President Clinton when Clinton would be called to testify in front of a grand jury. These files cover various aspects of his work on the Independent Counsel's investigations into the activities of President William Jefferson Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. The files also include Kavanaugh’s work on other issues within OIC’s purview, particularly the investigation of the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster.

 
Linda Tripp Tapes of Phone Conversations with Monica Lewinsky

Transcripts of all tapes turned over to the OIC and audio of five of the recordings.  Lewinsky told her friend Linda Tripp about her relationship with Clinton, and Tripp began secretly recording their telephone conversations beginning in September 1997.  Lewinsky submitted an affidavit in the Paula Jones case in January 1998 denying any physical relationship with Clinton, and she attempted to persuade Tripp to lie under oath in that case. Tripp gave the tapes to Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.

 
FBI Body Wire Worn by Linda Tripp Recording January 13, 1998

FBI tape audio and transcript from a body wire worn by Linda Tripp of a conversation between Tripp and Monica Lewinsky on January 13, 1998, at the Ritz Carlton in Arlington, Virginia.


Office of Independent Counsel  Interviews - Grand Jury Testimony Transcripts - FBI Interviews

4,382 pages of interviews conducted by Office of Independent Counsel and the FBI of various individuals including Sidney Blumenthal, Betty Currie, Catherine Allday Davis, Lucy Goldberg, Harold Ickes, Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Bruce Lindsey, Dick Morris, Leon Panetta, Ronald Perelman, John Podesta, George Stephanopoulos and Linda Tripp.

 
Appendices to the Independent Counsel's Submission to the House of Representative 

3,202 pages of appendices including: Statement of the OIC's Jurisdiction, Order Permitting Disclosure of Grand Jury Material, Procedural History and Background of Jones v. Clinton, Map of White House West Wing, Table of Monica Lewinsky White House Visits, Table of Contacts between Monica Lewinsky and the President, Tables of Phone Conversations, Litigation History and Monica Lewinsky Immunity Agreement.

 
Clinton White House Exponent Documents

Materials produced to defend against charges President Clinton. Materials include: Answer of President William Jefferson Clinton to the Articles of Impeachment and Transcripts of  the Presentation on Behalf of the President Hearing Before The Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives December 8 & 9.

 
Senate Trial of President Clinton Transcripts

This document contains 3,197 pages recording the full record of the United States Senate proceedings in the impeachment trial of President William Jefferson Clinton

 
Audio of Dale Bumpers Closing Defense Arguments in the Impeachment Trial of William J. Clinton

After his retirement from the Senate, Bumpers, a self-declared close friend of President Clinton, acted as defense attorney during Clinton's impeachment trial. He gave an impassioned closing argument during the Senate trial.