02/12/1999 AD acquitted
The US Senate emerged from closed door deliberations and voted to acquit Clinton on both impeachment charges.
A two-thirds vote, equal to 67 votes if all Senators voted, would have been necessary to convict on either charge and remove the President from office. The perjury charge was defeated with 45 votes for conviction and 55 against, and the obstruction of justice charge was defeated with 50 for conviction and 50 against.
All 45 Democrats in the Senate voted "not guilty" on both charges, as did five Republicans; they were joined by five additional Republicans in voting "not guilty" on the perjury charge.
Washington, D.C.
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
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Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
Longitude: 77.0369° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Subjects Who or What acquitted?
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Bill Clinton (William Jefferson Clinton, William Jefferson Blythe II) 42nd President of the Un...
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