The Lewinsky Scandal: Clinton's Impeachment

A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998.^¹ Their sexual relationship began in 1995—when Clinton was 49 years old and Lewinsky was 22 years old—and lasted 18 months, ending in 1997.^¹ Clinton ended televised remarks on January 26, 1998, with the later infamous statement: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms.^¹ Lewinsky." Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of Clinton in December 1998 by the U.S.^¹ House of Representatives. In February 1999 he was subsequently acquitted on both impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day U.S.^¹ Senate trial.