William Jefferson Clinton Memorial Library

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Dedicated to preserving the true legacy of the 42nd President of the United States.

William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States (1993 - 2001)
Democrat

Bill Clinton promised as President that his would be the "most ethical administration in the history of the country.” As you explore the pages of this website, you can decide for yourself whether he lived up to that promise.

The Value of Women to Bill Clinton

Perhaps the most enduring legacy Bill Clinton will leave America is the elevation of sex becoming a household word and topic of discussion. While we have had numerous leaders in the past with similar less than moral character as Bill Clinton, before leaving office he blazed a trail of adultery and deceit never before seen in the highest office of the United States.

In Jan. 1994, The American Spectator published an article detailing claims by two Arkansas state troopers who facilitated extramarital affairs and claimed to have seen then-Gov. Bill Clinton in compromising positions with dozens of women. Trooper Larry Patterson stated that since 1987, there were numerous long-term liaisons with women including the now well-known relationship with Gennifer Flowers. These included a staffer in Clinton's office; an Arkansas lawyer who was a Clinton appointee to a judgeship; the wife of a prominent judge; a local reporter; an employee at Arkansas Power and Light, and a cosmetic sales clerk at a Little rock department store.

There were also many brief affairs and one-time encounters involving Clinton and numerous women. The Arkansas state troopers said they were often called upon to act as intermediaries to arrange and conceal Clinton's extramarital encounters. They said they frequently picked up and delivered gifts from Clinton to various women, and often drove Clinton to meetings with women. "We were more than bodyguards. We had to lie, cheat and cover up for that man," said Larry Patterson.[Los Angeles Times, Dec. 21, 1993]

American Media Coverup

The Sunday Telegraph of London reported the story of Sally Perdue, a former Miss Arkansas (1958) and local radio talk show host, who told of having a relationship with Clinton in 1983 when he was Arkansas governor.

Shortly after her story appeared in the press, she says, a man identifying himself as Ron Tucker called her and claimed to represent the local Democratic Party. He offered her a lifetime federal job if she would be silent, she says. Then, she says, he threatened her with physical arm if she refused to cooperate. Tucker allegedly threatened that Perdue would lose her job at nearby Lindenwood College if she talked to the press again. Miss Perdue refused to cooperate and after she talked to the press again, she lost her job in the college admissions office. Shortly thereafter, Miss Perdue says, she began receiving threats. She received a letter which read, "I'll pray you have a head-on collision and end up in a coma...Marilyn Monroe got snuffed. It could happen." She then found a live shotgun cartridge on the driver's seat of her can and the rear window was shattered. Miss Perdue is angered by the fact that her story has never been told in the American media in a way that she feels is accurate or fair. "I've had it with the American press," she told the Telegraph. "I think it's going to take a foreign paper to bring this whole thing out. You know, they've protected Bill Clinton in a way they've never protected anybody in the history of America."

Once again it took the foreign media, the Sunday Telegraph of London, who also reported of the case of Gary Johnson, an Arkansas lawyer, who announced that he had a videotape of Clinton going into the apartment of his neighbor, Gennifer Flowers. Shortly afterwards, on June 26, 1992, three men appeared at his door, beat him unconscious and stole the tapes. The Telegraph also cites reports of mysterious break-ins suffered by The American Spectator magazine as it prepared to publish accusations by two Arkansas State Police troopers.

Clinton denied having a 12-year relationsip with Gennifer Flowers until January 17, 1998 when he finally admitted in a former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones deposition alleging then-Gov. Clinton sexually harassed her, that he did have a sexual relationship with Ms. Flowers.

To establish a pattern of sexual promiscuity, attorneys in Jones v. Clinton, who had heard some allegations about a relationship between Monica Lewinsky and Clinton, planned to depose Ms. Lewinsky.

Monica Lewinsky, was a 21-year-old intern at the White House in 1995, when she says she began an ongoing sexual relationship with Mr. Clinton. Ms. Lewinsky was moved, prior to the 1996 election, to the public affairs office at the Pentagon, where she and Linda Tripp worked together.

As the January 7th deposition date approached, Lewinsky began confiding in Ms. Tripp her concerns about how she should testify. Lewinsky graphically recounted details of sexual encounters with Mr. Clinton and indicated that Mr. Clinton and his advisor, attorney Vernon Jordan, had directed her to perjure herself in the Jones v. Clinton deposition.

After hearing the tapes provided by Tripp, Independent Council, Ken Starr had the FBI wire Ms. Tripp, and then recorded Ms. Lewinsky’s additional detailed conversations with Tripp about her relationship with Mr. Clinton. Those conversations, in which Lewinsky refers to Clinton as “the creep,” clearly contradicted Lewinsky’s sworn testimony in her Jones v. Clinton deposition.

Following this new evidence, a three-judge federal appeals court panel authorized Starr to examine allegations of suborning perjury, false statements and obstruction of justice involving the president.

Mr. Clinton responded to these allegations saying to Jim Lehrer at PBS,
´´I did not ask anyone to tell anything other than the truth. There is no improper relationship [with Ms. Lewinsky].”

The president again publicly denied the charges, declaring: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time, never. These allegations are false and I need to go back to work for the American people."

In a press conference, White House spokesman Mike McCurry said, “The president is outraged by this allegation.” McCurry continued, “He´s never had an improper relationship with this woman.” Clinton friend and apologist, James Carville, said, “I know the president of the United States is telling the truth. ... This thing at its core is about money. ... Dollars, dollars and more dollars.”

According to Hillary Clinton's spokeswoman, Marsha Berry, Hillary Clinton first learned over the weekend prior to his grand jury testimony that her husband would testify to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky at the White House. The first lady issued a statement of support for her husband, saying through her spokeswoman that she remains “committed to her marriage and loves her husband.” For months, she defended her husband against allegations of an affair, dismissing them as a “right-wing conspiracy.”

Eventually President Clinton was issued with a subpoena to testify before a Grand Jury, which was recorded on video. Following the video testimony, Mr Clinton made a televised address to the nation during which he confessed to having had an "inappropriate relationship" with Ms Lewinsky.

Clinton said, "I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part, for which I am solely and completely responsible."

Articles of Impeachment

In early October, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to begin impeachment hearings. A few days later, the full House approved an impeachment inquiry, with 31 Democrats as well as all the Republicans in favor. On December 9th., the Republican majority on the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee proposed four articles of impeachment against the president. The articles included two counts of perjury, one of obstruction of justice and one of abuse of power. They were approved by the committee four days later. On Dec. 19, 1998, William Jefferson Clinton become the second president in the history of the United States to be impeached by the House of Representatives for perjury in front of a grand jury and obstruction of justice.

His trial before the U.S. Senate ended with only a censure.

Bill Clinton has disgraced the office of the Presidency and has done irreparable harm to the United States of America. He personally destroyed his office as a role model for our children through his disgraceful behavior.

"It is hard to ignore the impact of the misconduct the president has admitted to on our culture, on our character, and on our children. In this case, the president apparently had an extramarital relationship with an employee half his age . . . This is not just inappropriate. It is immoral." (Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)