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In 1994, Paula Jones filed a lawsuit accusing Clinton of sexual harassment when he was governor of Arkansas. [5] Clinton attempted to delay a trial until after he left office, but in May 1997 the Supreme Court unanimously rejected Clinton's claim that the Constitution immunized him from civil lawsuits, and shortly thereafter the pre-trial discovery process commenced.
In October 1998, Clinton's attorneys tentatively offered $700,000 to settle the case, which was then the $800,000 which Jones' lawyers sought. [7] Clinton later agreed to an out-of-court settlement and paid Jones $850,000. [8] Bennett said the president made the settlement only so he could end the lawsuit for good and move on with his life. [9]
Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer and judge who as independent counsel authored the Starr Report, which served as the basis of the impeachment of Bill Clinton. He headed an investigation of members of the Clinton administration, known as the Whitewater controversy, from 1994 to 1998
In 1994, Paula Jones filed a lawsuit accusing Clinton of sexual harassment when he was governor of Arkansas. [2] Clinton attempted to delay a trial until after he left office, but in May 1997 the Supreme Court unanimously rejected Clinton's claim that the Constitution immunized him from civil lawsuits, and shortly thereafter the pre-trial discovery process commenced.
Controversies associated with the former President of the United States Bill Clinton and his administration (1993–2001). "Controversies" here means allegations of legal or ethical wrongdoing (such as the Whitewater controversy), not policy proposals that people debated heavily and thus were "controversial" (such as the Clinton health care plan), but would include lawsuits like American ...
‘This is a terrible moment for our country, to have a former president accused of these terribly important crimes,’ Hillary Clinton says Hillary Clinton reveals one ‘satisfaction’ she gets ...
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William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.