President Bill Clinton began an affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, in 1995. Later in 1998, when confronted with questions regarding an affair with Monica Lewinsky, Clinton lied under oath before a grand jury. This, however, was not his first lapse in judgment according to the Senate and Congress. The president and his wife Hillary found themselves involved in the Whitewater scandal starting in 1978. Furthermore, during his election campaign, Clinton was accused of draft evasion and rumors spread about his possible marital infidelity. President Bill Clinton continued to find himself caught in the middle of scandals involving: Whitewater, Paula Jones and, most notably, Monica Lewinsky. The way Clinton handled and failed to handle these scandals justifies his impeachment and removal from office. In 1978, Bill Clinton and his wife teamed up with their friends James and Susan McDougal to purchase approximately 220 acres of land from the Whitewater Development Corporation (The Place of History). Their plan was to sell vacation lots, however this plan failed miserably. In 1982, federal regulators began to question the business dealings involved with Whitewater. Shortly after Bill Clinton began his first term as president in 1993, the White House replaced seven travel office employees with several Clinton confidants. This sparked a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into the office. Attorney General Janet Reno appointed former U.S. Attorney Robert B. Fiske Jr. as special counsel to investigate the Clintons' involvement in Whitewater. In 1994, the House and Senate banking committees began hearings on Whitewater. This fraudulent land ownership scandal... half the paper... Report al: Clinton indicted." The Washington Post: News and headlines from home, world and DC - The Washington Post. Web. October 15, 2011. Biography of secondary sources. "Bill Clinton Biography - Facts, Birthday, Life Story - Famous Biographies and TV Shows - Biography.com October 9, 2011. .Denton, Robert E. and Rachel L. Holloway. Images, Scandal, and Communications Strategies of the Clinton Presidency, Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. Print.Gormley, Ken Place. “Impeachment: Bill Clinton.” The History Place 9 October. 2011. .