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Joseph DeMartino wrote:
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> Clinton was successfully impeached and then never tried.  That is why
> Clinton will be listed in the history books as the second president to
> be impeached, not the second president to *almost* be impeached.  The
> prosecution may elect not to pursue charges against you if they don't
> feel they have a strong enough case to win at trial, but that does not
> retroactively erase your indictment.

 Clinton was indeed tried.

The Impeachment Trial in the Senate commenced on January 7, 1999, with
the announcement by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the presence of the
managers on the part of the House of Representatives to conduct
proceedings on behalf of the House concerning the impeachment of the
President of the United States. After Congressman Hyde read the
Articles of Impeachment approved by the House, the Senate then
adjourned, reconvening later that day with Chief Justice Rehnquist
present, who was sworn in as presiding officer for the trial and who in
turn swore in the 100 senators as jurors for the proceedings. The
President's case was outlined in the White House Trial Memorandum
submitted on January 13, which was countered by the House Rebuttal to
White House Trial Memorandum. In subsequent sessions, the Senate voted
to adopt a series of motions to limit evidence primarily to the
previously video-taped depositions, affidavits and other documents
previously introduced, and also voted to close its final deliberations
to the public.

The Senate voted on the Articles of Impeachment on February 12, with a
two-thirds majority, or 67 Senators, required to convict. On Article I,
that charged that the President "...willfully provided perjurious,
false and misleading testimony to the grand jury" and made "...corrupt
efforts to influence the testimony of witnesses and to impede the
discovery of evidence" in the Paula Jones lawsuit, the President was
found not guilty with 45 Senators voting for the President's removal
from office and 55 against. Ten Republicans split with their colleagues
to vote for acquittal; all 45 Democrats voted to acquit. On Article II,
charging that the President "...has prevented, obstructed, and impeded
the administration of justice"..., the vote was 50-50, with all
Democrats and five Republicans voting to acquit.

http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/e-gov/e-politicalarchive-Clintonimpeach.htm

   When you have the Chief Justice hanging around the Senate and
swearing in a hundred Senators as jurors, both sides having their cases
presented, and then a vote, it is hard to argue that no trial took
place (g)
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