# Canonical recap data for The Lewinsky Scandal: Clinton's Impeachment (1998)
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slug: clinton-impeachment
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1998/clinton-impeachment"
title: "The Lewinsky Scandal: Clinton's Impeachment"
subtitle: President Clinton's impeachment trial over perjury and obstruction exposed deep partisan divides and redefined American presidential accountability.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1998-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1998
decade: 1990
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: "A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998. 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. Clinton ended televised remarks on January "
summaryLong: "A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998. 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. Clinton ended televised remarks on January 26, 1998, with the later infamous statement: \"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.\" Further investigation led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of Clinton in December 1998 by the U.S. 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. Senate trial."
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Clinton–Lewinsky scandal"
importance: 81
sourceConfidence: 75
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timeline: []
sources:
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  title: Lewinsky scandal
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related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: A sex scandal involving Bill Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, erupted in 1998. Their sexual relation
wikidataQid: Q154234
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  capturedAt: 2018-01-17
  label: Lewinsky scandal
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