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proceeding, we are duty-bound to draw a distinction between immoral conduct and

illegal or impeachable acts. And just as no fancy language can obscure the fac
t

that what the President did was morally wrong, no amount of rhetoric can change
the

legal reality that the record before this Committee does not justify charges of

criminal conduct or impeachable offenses.


The Framers, in their wisdom, left this Body the solemn obligation of determini
ng

not what is sinful, but rather what is impeachable. The President has not

sugar-coated the reality of his wrongdoing. Neither should the Committee ignor
e the

high standards of the Constitution to overturn a national election and to impea
ch a

President.




TABLE OF CONTENTS




PREFACE i


I. INTRODUCTION 1


II. THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND 5


A. The Whitewater Investigative Dead-End 5


B. The Paula Jones Litigation 8


C. The President's Grand Jury Testimony About Ms. Lewinsky 12