Imposing an unprecedented penalty against a president, a federal judge today ordered President Clinton to pay a $90,686 sanction for false testimony about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky

Most of the money, which Clinton’s legal defense fund can pay, will go to Paula Jones and the attorneys who reprsented her in her sexual harassment lawsuit. Clinton’s testimony in that case led to his impeachment by the House and eventual acquittal in a Senate trial.

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