Bill Clinton's impeachment saga turned into TV series
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Former President Bill Clinton pauses while speaking at a Brookings Institution forum to discuss the book "Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman" in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2017. (Reuters)
Bill Clinton's real life impeachment is being turned into a TV series.
The History Channel has greenlit six episodes of the scripted series, "The Breach: Inside the Impeachment of Bill Clinton," according to The Wrap.
The show is based on the book, "The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton," written by Peter Baker, the Washington Post reporter who covered the White House during the Clinton era.
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According to the media site, casting is underway. The EVP of History, Eli Lehrer, said of the series, “Featuring an array of well-known modern political figures, ‘The Breach’ will bring audiences behind the scenes of an event that changed Washington forever — the first impeachment of an elected president in American history."
He continued, "It’s the origin tale of how our Government was broken and has never really healed,” Cutler said in a statement. “It’s also a thrilling tale of personal and professional ambition, of enormous hubris in the name of acquiring power, and of personal foibles, all of which nearly brought down a presidency.”
In this Nov. 17, 1995 file photo, President Clinton poses with Monica Lewinsky. (Reuters)
Clinton was impeached on December 19, 1998 after he was charged with lying under oath to a federal jury and obstructing justice.
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His impeachment followed three years after he began a year-and-a-half long extra-marital affair with his 21-year-old intern Monica Lewinsky.