The Republicans spent over 70 million dollars to impeach Bill Clinton.
Newt Gingrich stepped down after the 1998 election in embarrassment.
Bob Livingston, who took Gingrichs spot, resigned before getting the speaker position for infidelity. Dan Burton, Henry Hyde, and Helen Chenoweth also resigned during the impeachment proceedings because as they had infidelities exposed.
Bill Clinton was impeached on charges of Perjury to a Grand Jury and Obstruction of Justice. He was not found guilty of two other charges. Perjury in the Jones case and Abuse of Power.
Shortly after Clinton was acquitted by the senate, he was fined $90,000 and held in contempt of court for not following the judges orders of testifying truthfully in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Get that. This was levied on Clinton while he was in office. The day before Clinton left office he settled. He agreed to a five year suspension of his Arkansas law license and paid a $25,000 fine.
These types of things end up snagging other people. There is a big difference with our current impeachment proceedings. A democrat or two might get damaged but those being outed for crimes will be overwhelmingly Republican. Targets were put on Republicans backs during the Clinton impeachment because of the blatant hypocrisy. The target won't be put on Democrats backs because they know they won't be able to outline our members as traitors, like Trump. The evidence will point to Republican members and aiding a traitor, if not out right being in on it with Trump.
I'm also highlighting the vast difference in what is being talked about today when compared to Clinton. To be upfront, I would have voted to impeach Clinton. My main concern was having a President so willing to set himself up for blackmail. The perjury vote would have been an easy one for me. I would have even looked hard at the charge of abuse of power, which he wasn't found guilty of. But what we are witnessing now isn't even on the same playing field. Our current President is a traitor. While Trump has lied about sexual affairs, and would do so if placed under oath, Trump has actually sold out our country. He is a fucking traitor.
I don't think it will be long before Republicans want this over. Fast. It won't be Democrats who will be facing issues due to hypocrisy like the Republicans did during the Clinton impeachment. It will be Republicans being harmed as more of their names show up in documents that we obtain.
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