that the senate had other intentions. even though it was in republican hands, the senate clearly did not want to dirty its hands with impeachment. the house and the senate are just two different institutions, and they were intended to be that way. the old metaphor that george washington used the house is the cup of coffee where the coffee is very hot. the senate is the saucer that you pour the coffee into, so it can cool the passions of the house. they had a lot more sensitivity to the politics of this i think than we did. and the republican leadership kept coming into our meetings tell us, make this go away. make this go away. but even before the procedural details were worked out, the impeachment trial of president clinton began. it was january 7, 1999, exactly one year to the day since monica lewinsky signed an affidavit in the paula jones case denying a sexual relationship with the president. just before 10:00 a.m., the house managers marched from their chamber articl
ray announced the evidence did not warrant charges. my job under the statute was to probably conclude the investigation but that meant there was a significant remaining thing to be done, releasing final reports on whitewater, the travel office, lewinsky. is reports were printed the president was hit with penalties from a surprising source, the arkansas supreme court. a disciplinary committee of the court recommended president clinton be disbarred due to misconduct and apologize case but it would be up to the new independent counsel to determine how much president clinton would give up. the biggest decision to be made was whether the president would face obstruction of justice and perjury charges 20 left office.
the following week without even mentioning what happened, talked about how to do business. i get some great credit. we did our job, left us with the ability to go forward for the american people. you were impeached by the house and acquitted by the senate. that is significant thing to carry around. president clinton had put the impeachment trial behind him but accusations of sexual propriety would continue to pop up. in an interview by nbc news during the impeachment trial but not until 2 weeks after his acquittal and arkansas woman named juanita broderick accused him of sexual result stemming from 1978. s missteps in the now settled paul a jones case would continue to hunt him.
was to promptly conclude the investigation, but that meant that there was a significant remaining thing to be done in releasing to the public final reports with regard to whitewater, the travel office, lewinsky. as ray s reports were being printed, the president was hit with potential penalties from a surprising place the arkansas supreme court. a disciplinary committee of the court recommended that president clinton be disbarred due to serious misconduct in the paula jones case, but it would be up to the new independent counsel to determine just how much president clinton would have to give up. the biggest remaining decision to be made was this question about whether or not the president would face obstruction-of-justice and perjury charges once he left office. after months of wearing only a tiger costume, we re finally going on the trip i ve been promising. because with expedia, i saved when i added a hotel to our flight.
the house managers recommended by the chair of the judiciary committee, henry hyde. the 13 house republicans, the impeachment trial managers have a job in the senate trial of making a case for the removal of the president as they prepare, each will find different pieces of evidence in the case against bill clinton. is house managers build their case it was up to the senate to decide how things would actually work. a crucial decision is whether to take direct testimony from witnesses. managers believe we should present witnesses and make a case but it is totally a decision of the senate. there are many unanswered procedural questions. a lot of details, the witnesses are cross-examined. the on it senate trial the president was 130 years ago when andrew johnson was acquitted. there is no manual for how