Not a single time, never. The man had lied to me, to my face and sent me out to lie to you. That none of us is above the law is a bedrock principle of democracy. The question is not should he stay, what if he says . Is it the best thing for the country to remove this person from office . I put my head in my hands, just how much can this country take . This is easily the most important vote you will ever cast. Is the respondent, William Jefferson clinton, guilty or not guilty . Midway through president bill clintons second term, 100 u. S. Senators gathered to determine if the 42nd president of the United States was guilty or not guilty of Impeachable Offenses. Their decision would either keep him in office or send him away in shame. The trial of William Jefferson clinton was the first president ial impeachment trial in 130 years, only the second in u. S. History. And it began then just as the next one will, after months of posturing, threats, and dramatic gestures from the opposing side