In February of 1999, then-President Bill Clinton was pressing mute on any and all television sets in the vicinity. Anywhere there was a camera and microphone, Republican lawmakers were wind-bagging about Monica Lewinsky and the need to impeach President Clinton for “obstructing justice” by being vague about an affair he had with a White House intern. Tuesday, Republican Senator Orrin Hatch had this to say about reports that President Donald Trump asked the Director of the FBI, in a private meeting, to drop the investigation into Russian ties to his campaign.
"It's something that's way blown out of proportion," Sen. Orrin Hatch told reporters Tuesday.
So let’s travel back and remember what that tall glass of of hypocrisy had to say back in 1999.
I find that William Jefferson Clinton did commit perjury and obstruct justice; that these offenses rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors; that William Jefferson Clinton should be convicted under the articles of impeachment, and that he must be removed as President. . . .
President Clinton repeatedly chose to lie and obstruct justice rather than tell the truth and comply with court orders throughout this ordeal. By his words and deeds, he chose to place himself above the law. By his words and deeds, he has undermined the rule of law in America to the great harm of this nation. By his own words and deeds, he has undermined the truth-finding function of the judiciary, at great harm to that branch of our Government.
High crimes! And misdemeanors!
Fuck you, Senator Hatch.