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Clinton was subsequently acquitted of these charges by the Senate on February 12, 1999. Two other impeachment articles â a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power â failed in the House. The Independent Counsel, Ken Starr, turned over documentation to the House Judiciary Committee.
About 25 individuals were arrested under the Sedition Act and ten were eventually convicted. Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of founder Benjamin Franklin and editor of the Aurora, was charged with libeling the President and the Executive Government in a manner tending to excite sedition and opposition to the laws..