Bill Clinton testifies before grand jury, Aug. 17, 1998

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/this-day-in-politics-aug-17-1998-226998

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On this day in 1998, Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to testify as the subject of a grand jury investigation. He testified for over four hours from the White House on closed-circuit television.

Clinton’s testimony capped a four-year probe by an independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, who had been named to investigate allegations against the president and his wife, Hillary Clinton, stemming from the Whitewater real estate venture in Arkansas, as well as suspected cronyism in the firing of White House travel agency personnel.

In also examining allegations of sexual harassment against the president, Starr uncovered an affair between Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.

Clinton denied under oath that he had engaged in sexual relations with Lewinsky. That testimony led Starr to accuse the president of perjury and obstruction of justice, which in turn prompted his grand jury appearance.

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