A timeline of President Clinton's comments and testimony about Monica Lewinsky and allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice that led to the Senate impeachment trial.
Jan. 17, 1998, Paula Jones deposition:Q: "Did you have an extramarital sexual affair with Ms. Lewinsky?"
Clinton: "No."
Q: "If she told someone that she had a sexual affair with you beginning in November of 1995, would that be a lie?"
Clinton: "It's certainly not the truth. It would not be the truth."
Jan. 17, 1998, Paula Jones deposition:
Q: "So I understand, your testimony is that it was possible, then, that you were alone with (Ms. Lewinsky), but you have no specific recollection of that ever happening?"
Clinton: "Yes, that's correct. It's possible that she, in, while she was working there, brought something to me and that at the time she brought it to me, she was the only person there. That's possible."
Jan. 26, 1998, televised White House event:
"I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie. Not a single time. Never. These allegations are false. And I need to go back to work for the American people."
Aug. 17, 1998, grand jury testimony:
"When I was alone with Ms. Lewinsky on certain occasions in early 1996, and once in early 1997, I engaged in conduct that was wrong. These encounters did not consist of sexual intercourse. They did not constitute sexual relations, as I understood that term to be defined at my January 17th, 1998 deposition.
"But they did involve inappropriate, intimate contact. These inappropriate encounters ended at my insistence in early 1997. I also had occasional telephone conversations with Ms. Lewinsky that included inappropriate sexual banter.
Aug. 17, 1998, grand jury testimony:
Q: "You are aware, are you not, Mr. President, that the subpoena called for the production of, among other things, all the gifts that you had given Ms. Lewinsky? You were aware of that on December 28th, weren't you?"
Clinton: "I'm not sure, and I understand this is an important question. I did have a conversation with Ms. Lewinsky at some time about gifts, the gifts I'd given her. ... And I told her that if they asked her for gifts, she'd have to give them whatever she had, that that's what the law was."
Aug. 17, 1998, grand jury testimony:
Clinton: "What I was trying to determine was whether my recollection was right because (presidential secretary Betty Currie) was always in the office complex when Monica was there, and whether she thought she could hear any conversations we had or did she hear any."
Q: "Ms. Currie testified that these were not really questions to her, that they were more like statements. Is that not the truth?"
Clinton: "Well, I can't testify as to what her perception was. I can tell you this: I was trying to get information in a hurry. I was downloading what I remembered. ... So I was not trying to get Betty Currie to say something that was untruthful."
Aug. 17, 1998, nationally televised speech:
"As you know, in a deposition in January, I was asked questions about my relationship with Monica Lewinsky. While my answers were legally accurate, I did not volunteer information.
"Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong. It constituted a critical lapse in judgment and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely and completely responsible."
Sept. 9, 1998, fund-raising speech in Orlando, Fla:
"I have been your friend. I've done my best to be your friend, but I also let you down and I let my family down and I let this country down. But I'm trying to make it right. And I'm determined never to let anything like that happen again."
Nov. 27, 1998, excerpts of Clinton's answers to 81 questions posed by the House Judiciary Committee:
"As I have previously acknowledged, I did not want my family, friends, or colleagues to know the full nature of my relationship with Ms. Lewinsky. ... I misled people about this relationship. I have repeatedly apologized for doing so. ...
"I did not tell Ms. Lewinsky to lie, and I did not tell anybody to lie about my relationship with Ms. Lewinsky."
Dec. 19, 1998, after the House of Representatives voted to impeach:
"I have accepted responsibility for what I did wrong in my personal life, and I have invited members of Congress to work with us to find a reasonable bipartisan and proportionate response.
"That approach was rejected today by Republicans in the House, but I hope it will be embraced by the Senate. I hope there will be a constitutional and fair means of resolving this matter in a prompt manner. ...
"We must stop the politics of personal destruction. We must get rid of the poisonous venom of excessive partisanship, obsessive animosity and uncontrolled anger."
Jan. 13, 1999, answering questions about the Senate impeachment trial:
"The important thing that I think you should be asking yourself is why did nearly 900 constitutional experts say that they strongly felt that this matter was not the subject of impeachment?
Jan. 26, 1999, during Senate impeachment trial:
"I would say it has been a strain for my family, but we have worked very hard and I think we've come through the worst. We love each other very much and we've worked on it very hard."