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Former President Bill Clinton’s second term as POTUS was entangled with scandal, ended with impeachment

Former President Bill Clinton’s second term as POTUS was entangled with scandal, ended with impeachment

Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States.  He was born on Aug. 19, 1946, as William Jefferson Blythe III. His parents were, William Jefferson Blythe II, who died in a car accident before Clinton was born, and Virginia Cassidy Blythe. Clinton was raised by his grandparents until his mother returned from nursing school. Clinton, a Democrat, served two terms in the White House, but was impeached by the House of Representatives during his second term on Dec. 19, 1998, for committing perjury before a grand jury and obstructing justice. Before Clinton led the nation as a two-term president, he graduated from Georgetown University. He later received a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University and a law degree from Yale University in 1973.  His political venture started in Arkansas, where he was elected attorney general in 1976 after being defeated in his first run for Congress two years prior.  WHAT MAKES A PRESIDENT GREAT? In 1978, he became governor of Arkansas, but lost for a second term.  Four years later, he returned to his role as governor, and then started his presidential campaign against Republican George H.W. Bush.  In 1992, Clinton and his running mate, Albert Gore Jr., were successful in their campaign, defeating Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot for the White House.  In 1996, Clinton won a second term as president, this time defeating Republican Bob Dole and, again, independent candidate Perot.  His presidency became known for accomplishments such as high homeownership, 22 million jobs created and low unemployment rates, but scandal ensued during his terms, too.  CLINTONS ENDORSE KAMALA HARRIS HOURS AFTER BIDEN DROPS OUT During Clinton’s second term as president, he was impeached by the House of Representatives.  His impeachment partly stemmed from sexual harassment claims against Clinton by Paula Jones, that were said to have occurred before he was elected president, according to a research guide by the Library of Congress.  After Clinton was re-elected, evidence came to light of an extramarital affair between the president and Monica Lewinsky, a White House Intern.  Initially, Clinton denied the affair and Lewinsky corroborated the sworn testimony of Clinton. The investigation was led by the late Kenneth Starr. Before the grand jury, Lewinsky admitted to the sexual relationship with Clinton, and the president admitted to the affair.  In December 1998, the House voted in favor of two articles of impeachment against Clinton, finding that he had committed perjury and obstructed justice. He became the second president in American history to be impeached, the first being Andrew Johnson.  During the Senate trial of 1999, Clinton was acquitted.  After the trial was over, Clinton apologized to Congress and the American people for his behavior, and continued his term as president.  Following his presidency, he continued to be involved in politics. He has shown unwavering support for Democrats, including his wife, Hillary Clinton, who ran for the presidency herself in 2016, but was defeated by Donald Trump.  Clinton has also penned a number of books through the years, including after his presidency, such as “My Life,” “Back to Work” and “Citizen: My Life After the White House.”

Leader of radical group that amplified pro-Hamas essay made multiple visits to Biden-Harris White House

Leader of radical group that amplified pro-Hamas essay made multiple visits to Biden-Harris White House

FIRST ON FOX: The head of a prominent “social justice” group that published an essay calling for “decriminalizing Hamas,” along with defunding the police and eliminating immigration agencies, visited the White House multiple times earlier this year. Joyce Ajlouny, listed as the general secretary of American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), is shown on official logs visiting the White House twice in March 2024 for a total of three meetings with members of the Biden administration. Ajlouny and a delegation of religious leaders “met with Biden administration staff from the National Security Council, the Domestic Policy Council, and the Office of Public Engagement to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza,” according to a statement issued by Ajlouny at the time in a press release. “I joined with people representing many different churches and denominations to call for an immediate and permanent cease-fire and full access for humanitarian aid,” she continued. “The Biden Administration has the power to make this happen.”   MUSLIM CLERIC WHO PRAISED ADOLF HITLER, HAMAS SPOKE AT HARRIS RUNNING MATE TIM WALZ’S 2019 INAUGURATION AFSC has pushed a variety of far-left causes, including a September 2019 essay written by author Jonathan Kuttab, a “Palestinian human rights lawyer,” titled, “Decriminalizing Hamas.”  Kuttab called “to end the demonization of Hamas, bring it into the political process and begin the long road to peace and freedom,” the Washington Free Beacon reported this past week. AFSC, a self-described “Quaker org” based in Philadelphia, has been a fierce critic of Israel, blaming it as the “root cause” of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel last October. At the height of the George Floyd riots in 2020, the group also posted a call to defund the police. “In the wake of ongoing police killings of Black people, AFSC joins a growing number of groups calling on cities and states to invest money in schools, health care, and transformative justice approaches, rather than funding the police,” the post stated. In another post shared by the group, which is titled, “A Quaker call to defund the police,” the essay says, “Defunding the police is a demand from the Black Lives Matter movement.” “At this point we need to follow and support the calls and demands from the Black people and grassroots organizations offering profound leadership,” the essay continued. “It is not for us to mute or critique the demands that Black folks are making right now.” AFSC repeatedly called for defunding the police and abolishing ICE and border patrol on their official X account. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, a radical far-left organization that has repeatedly supported abolishing police and ICE, is one of several left-wing foundations that has donated tens of thousands of dollars to AFSC, which includes the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a billionaire-fueled fund that keeps popping up in the financials for anti-Israel groups. BIDEN FOCUSED ON ‘LEGACY’ IN FINAL MONTHS, BUT SKELETON SCHEDULE ‘SIGNALS’ AN EMPTY HOUSE TO RIVALS: EXPERT AFSC’s media relations director responded to Fox News Digital’s inquiry about their controversial positions by saying, “AFSC is a Quaker organization that values the life and dignity of every single person.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “For more than a century we have worked to end wars and alleviate suffering in the U.S. and around the world,” Layne Mullett said. “In 1947, the Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded to AFSC and the British Friends Service Council, in recognition of the work of Quakers worldwide to heal rifts, tend to the wounded, and oppose war.” “We have a long history in Israel and Palestine and began doing relief work in Gaza in 1948,” she continued. “We continue to do vital humanitarian work there today. We have been outspoken advocates to end the occupation of Palestinian and to build lasting peace with justice between Israelis, Palestinians, and all people for decades.” Fox News Digital reached out to the White House and Harris campaign for comment but did not receive a response.

‘He ignored us’: Local Minnesota school superintendent slams Walz’s ‘negative impact’ on K-12 education

‘He ignored us’: Local Minnesota school superintendent slams Walz’s ‘negative impact’ on K-12 education

EXCLUSIVE: A local private school superintendent believes Gov. Tim Walz’s policies have had a “negative impact” on education in Minnesota, suggesting he “broke trust” with residents during the coronavirus pandemic. “He’s ignored us,” Kim Friesen, who has lived in rural Minnesota for 21 years, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. “I think he’s broken trust with rural Minnesota because of education and how he hasn’t listened or visited or been out here.” Friesen, who works as an administrator at Mountain Lake Christian School, detailed the effect she has seen Walz’s policies have on education in the state. “The majority of the thinking that Governor Waltz did was all Metro. He didn’t consider some of the unique problems that we face in rural Minnesota, for example, connectivity,” Friesen said of rules enforced in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s been kind of hard to see the negative impact that has taken place under Governor Waltz’s leadership.” ‘NOT MY GOVERNOR’: MINNESOTA SMALL BUSINESS OWNER RIPS HARRIS VP PICK’S ‘RADICAL’ COVID-ERA POLICIES Friesen said that rural families faced roadblocks to online learning requirements during the pandemic, such as not having access to the internet. FORMER MINNESOTA RESIDENT UNLOADS ON GOV WALZ AFTER MOTHER DIED OF ‘LONELINESS’ DURING PANDEMIC “Rural Minnesota really suffered during that time,” she added. “I don’t think he cared for all his people well. He cared for the center of our state. North, south, rural, east and west, we did not get his attention, and we deserved his attention.” Friesen also said that she does not think Walz appears to want to connect with rural Minnesotans. “I do believe that some of the things that he has said are very self-focused rather than people-focused. And I need a vice president that is going to be us focused,” she said. “He needs to know his people better. And if he’s not willing to do it in a state, how can he do it for the nation?” When asked about a potential Harris-Walz administration, Friesen said that the policies enacted in Minnesota could be reflected at a national level – such as social issues and illegal immigration. Walz signed an order making Minnesota a “trans refuge state,” where minors from out of state could receive transgender surgical procedures and hormone prescriptions. “His ideas on allowing children or encouraging children from other states to come for transgender surgery or therapy, it just breaks my heart,” Friesen said of the order. “It rips parents’ authority away. And I don’t believe that’s God’s design. God gave children to parents, not to the government.” “Neither one of them are ready to lead a nation. Neither one. They don’t have the experience. They don’t have the wherewithal to fight for people who are here. And I think they have some distorted views on how to move forward. That would not better our state, nor our nation,” she said. “So that’s of concern.” Before entering the political scene, Walz worked as a high school teacher in Minnesota. One of Walz’s former students, who asked to remain anonymous, told Fox News Digital that he was a “very belittling teacher.” “He yelled at students constantly. He would treat conservative students poorly and he would one side his teaching. If you were liberal he liked you, and if you were conservative he treated you like garbage. He was not a kind person. I nicknamed him “Hitler” because he was so strict and was constantly yelling at kids down the halls,” the former student told Fox. “Not to mention he was a traitor and left his crew behind during war. There is nothing honorable about that!”