• clucose@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    He was impeached because he lied about having an affair with an intern. Not because of the act.

    • EightBitBlood@lemmy.world
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      5 hours ago

      The Ken Starr report that lead to Clinton’s impeachment begs to differ.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report

      Many of the details reveal highly personal information; many are sexually explicit…Because Starr’s office allegedly leaked portions to press about sexual details that were mentioned in his report, he was criticized for using the scandal as a political maneuver and was charged for violating legal ethics by presenting information irrelevant to an investigation as evidence of legal wrongdoing.

      That report is ten times the size of the 9-11 report btw.

      Reading the charges now is hilarious considering Trump is guilty of the same hundreds, possibly thousands of times over.

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      He was impeached for daring to be a Democrat when the Republicans had an axe to grind. Monica didn’t even work at the white house yet when Ken Starr started his investigation.