David Schippers

David Schippers is a Chicago lawyer.^[1]

He became a public figure when a friend of his, Congressman Henry Hyde, asked him to be the Chief Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, which was holding an inquiry on whether President Bill Clinton had committed impeachable offenses in his handling of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, during which he allegedly committed perjury regarding his affair with then White House Intern Monica Lewinsky. Schippers was a lifelong Democrat, but accepted and took the job in April 1998.^[2]

After an investigation which made headlines and television coverage around the world, the committee in December 1998 voted to impeach Clinton, a decision which Schippers himself supported.^[3]

In early 1999, being appalled at how the U.S. Senate conducted the impeachment trial, he penned the book "Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment," which vigorously attacked the Clinton White House and portrayed some members of the Senate in an unfavorable light. He also proceeded to do some investigative work for the conservative legal watch-dog group Judicial Watch.

Later, in 2001, Schippers claimed in an interview with Alex Jones that he was warned ahead of time by FBI agents that a terror attack was going to occur in lower Manhattan.^[4]

Bibliography

• Sellout: The Inside Story of President Clinton's Impeachment by David P. Schippers with Alan P. Henry, Regnery Publishing, 2001 (ISBN 0895261952)

References

1. ^ Ashbrook Center - David Schippers
2. ^ USA TODAY - Lawyer Heading Inquiry Ready For Task
3. ^ Insight on the News - Schippers Exposes Impeachment Debacle
4. ^ Alex Jones Interviews David Schippers: Government Had Prior Knowledge of Pending Terrorist Attacks

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