Yeah, you just wanted to
twitter with out thinking. I chose to show how meaningless twittering can be.
If you don't think lying is a serious offense, here is what it cost Clinton.
In April 1999, about two months after being acquitted by the Senate, Clinton was cited by
Federal District Judge Susan Webber Wright for civil
contempt of court for his "willful failure" to obey her repeated
orders to testify truthfully in the Paula Jones
sexual harassment lawsuit. For this citation, Clinton was assessed a
$90,000 fine, and the matter was referred to the
Arkansas Supreme Court to see if disciplinary action would be appropriate.
[13]
Regarding Clinton's January 17, 1998,
deposition where he was placed under oath, the judge wrote:
"Simply put, the president's deposition testimony regarding whether he had ever been alone with Ms. (Monica) Lewinsky was intentionally false, and his statements regarding whether he had ever engaged in sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky likewise were intentionally false...."
[13]
In January 2001, on the day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension of his
Arkansas law license as part of an agreement with the independent counsel to end the investigation. Based on this suspension, Clinton was automatically suspended from the
United States Supreme Court bar, from which he then chose to resign.
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[edit] Civil settlement with Paula Jones
Eventually, the court dismissed the Paula Jones harassment lawsuit, before trial, on the grounds that Jones failed to demonstrate any damages. However, while the dismissal was on appeal, Clinton entered into an out-of-court settlement by agreeing to pay Jones
$850,000.
