High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton
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| Author | Ann Coulter |
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| Publisher | Regnery Publishing |
| Released | 1998, October 2002 |
| Media type | Hardback/Paperback |
| Pages | 358 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0895261138 |
High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton is a 1998 book by Ann Coulter, published by Regnery Publishing.
The book has sections on President Bill Clinton's alleged womanizing at government expense and his alleged lies (under oath) to cover this up. Coulter also covers some of the other controversies surrounding Bill Clinton's presidency, including Monica Lewinsky, Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, the China secrets scandal, and the death of Vincent Foster. In the last chapter, she reviews the history of the impeachment process and makes an emotional case for Clinton's impeachment.
The book spent eight weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list.[citation needed]
[edit] Allegations of Plagiarism
There have been accusations that Ann Coulter plagiarised parts of her book from the Human Events article, "A Case for Impeachment", by Michael Chapman. Chapman was in negotiations with Regnery to be the ghostwriter for the book. [1]
- Michael Chapman, A Case for Impeachment - (Page 13) "Four Democratic fundraisers have stated that former DNC Finance Chairman Marvin Rosen explicitly advocated selling access to the President..."
- Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors - (Page 219) "At least four Democratic fund-raising officials have revealed that former DNC Finance Chairman Marvin Rosen explicitly advocated selling access to the president ..."
- Michael Chapman, A Case for Impeachment - (Page 13) "A DNC fundraiser told Nynex executives they would receive invitations to White House ‘coffees’ if they joined the DNC’s ‘Managing Trustees’ program and agreed to donate $100,000 ..."
- Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors - (Page 219) "A DNC fundraiser told Nynex Corporation executives that they would receive invitations to White House coffees if they joined the DNC’s ‘Managing Trustees’ program and agreed to donate $100,000 ..."
- Michael Chapman, A Case for Impeachment - (Page 28) "Harry Thomason, the Hollywood TV executive famous for producing ‘Evening Shade’ and “Designing Women,’ … He is an old friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, having first met the future President when Thomason was a high school football coach in the 1970s in Arkansas. … Thomason, meanwhile, started to spread rumors about the Travel Office."
- Ann Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors - (Page 121) "Harry Thomason, the Hollywood television executive famous for producing such shows as Evening Shade and Designing Women, was a major Clinton fund-raiser. He is an old friend of Bill and Hillary Clinton, having first met the future president when Thomason was an Arkansas high school football coach in the 1970s. … Thomason spread rumors about the Travel Office."
In 2001, Coulter answered one fan's question about the authorship of High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton, claiming the failure to credit Chapman was an "editorial oversight." Neither Coulter nor Regnery have ever given official credit to Chapman for his literary and research contributions to that book. [2]
