Clinton impeachment: 20 years on, will Donald Trump now face the same fate?

Clinton was the target of a politically-motivated investigation into his financial and personal affairs set up when the Republicans won the House in 1994

Twenty years ago, Republicans in the US House of Representatives narrowly voted to impeach president Bill Clinton. It was December 19, 1998. Subsequently tried by the Senate in early 1999, he was found not guilty on one count of perjury, while senators divided 50-50 on the other count of obstruction of justice. This fell far short of the two thirds majority required to remove him from office. He survived, but many Americans now wonder whether Donald Trump might face impeachment now the Democrats have regained control of the House.

 

Clinton, after all,