The President's testimony unfortunately has rendered the details essential with respect to those two grounds, as will be explained in those grounds. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton lied under oath as a defendant in Jones v. Clinton regarding his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. He denied that he made contact with Monica Lewinsky's breasts or genitalia with an intent to arouse or gratify. Throughout the pretrial discovery process in Jones v. Clinton , United States District Judge Susan Webber Wright ruled, over the President's objections, that Ms. Jones's lawyers could seek various categories of information, including information about women who had worked as government employees under Governor or President Clinton and allegedly had sexual activity with him. Under Ms. Jones's legal theory, women who had sexual relationships with the President received job benefits because of the sexual relationship, but women who resisted the President's sexual advances were denied such benefits.
Federal law requires a witness testifying under oath to provide truthful answers.
The intentional failure to provide truthful answers is a crime punishable by imprisonment and fine. There is substantial and credible information that President Clinton lied under oath in answering those questions. A. Evidence that President Clinton Lied Under Oath During the Civil Case 1. During pretrial discovery, Paula Jones's attorneys served the President with written interrogatories. President of the United States.