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Lewinsky scandal
The
Lewinsky scandal
was an
American
political
sex scandal
emerging in 1998, from a
sexual relationship
between 49-year-old
President
Bill Clinton
and a 22-year-old
White House
employee,
Monica Lewinsky
. The news of this
extra-marital affair
and the resulting investigation eventually led to the
impeachment of President Clinton
in 1998 by the
U.S. House of Representatives
and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of
perjury
and
obstruction of justice
in a 21-day
Senate
trial.President Clinton was held in civil
contempt of court
by Judge
Susan Webber Wright
. His
license to practice law
was suspended in Arkansas and later by the
United States Supreme Court
. He was also fined $90,000 for giving
false testimony
.
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