senate is in charge of the senate trial if the us president is impeached.
senate is in charge of the senate trial if the us president is impeached.
who is in charge of the  senate trial if the us president is impeached?
senate
bullet::::4. attempting to secure a job for lewinsky to influence her testimony









































bullet::::5. permitting his lawyer to make false statements characterizing lewinsky's affidavit









































bullet::::6. attempting to tamper with the possible testimony of his secretary betty curie









































bullet::::7. making false and misleading statements to potential grand jury witnesses









































section::::senate trial.









































section::::senate trial.:pretrial.









































the senate trial began on january 7, 1999, with chief justice of the united states william rehnquist presiding. the first day consisted of formal presentation of the charges against clinton, and of rehnquist swearing in all arguants in the trial.
impeachment of bill clinton
he became senate majority whip when the republicans took control of the senate in 1995. in june 1996, he ran for the post of senate majority leader to succeed republican bob dole, who had resigned from the senate to concentrate on his presidential campaign. lott faced his mississippi colleague thad cochran, the then-chairman of the senate republican conference. cochran cast himself as an "institutionalist" and who would held to rebuild public trust in congress through compromise over conflict. lott promised a "more aggressive" style of leadership and courted the younger senate conservatives. lott won by 44 votes to 8. as majority leader, lott had a major role in the senate trial following the impeachment of president bill clinton. after the house narrowly voted to impeach clinton, lott proceeded with the senate trial in early 1999, despite criticisms that republicans were far short of the two-thirds majority required under the constitution to convict clinton and remove him from office. he later agreed to a decision to suspend the proceedings after the senate voted not to convict clinton.
trent lott