The senate. Fall of 1998, the house of representatives taking up articles of impeachment against William Jefferson clinton. Well see some highlights but joining us in the studios is alexis simendinger. Lets begin with the political environment in 1998. What led to the impeachment of clinton . One of the interesting things we might forget all this time, forward, is that bill clinton was under investigation or almost his entire presidency. And ken starr became the counsel. Nt ken starr had begun to investigate the whitewater 1994. Ment deal back in so by the time were in the fall clinton and ident his entire house were very used to being under investigation for a whole variety of allegations relating to his past in arkansas. And even his Fundraising Efforts when he was president. Fall of 1998, he was elected to a second term but into the midterm what ken starr as the independent counsel had of vered was a whole series alleged relationships that the president had had in the past, investig