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Rod asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 4 years ago

What was president Clinton's crime that he was brought up on impeachment charges?

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  • 4 years ago

    Committing PERJURY.

    He should have received a BAD CONDUCT Discharge since he attempted to use the UCMJ for his benefit, therefore anything that touched the Paula Jones case.

  • 4 years ago

    "I never had sex with that woman", but he didn't think oral sex was sex, but Congress considered impeaching him but there weren't enough yes votes to impeach him.

  • 4 years ago

    He was charged with obstruction of justice. He was never charged by the senate so stayed in office.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    Originally, the investigation was about Whitewater. No evidence of criminal activity was found.

    "The impeachment process of Bill Clinton was initiated by the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998, against Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.These charges stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Clinton by Paula Jones. Clinton was subsequently acquitted of these charges by the Senate on February 12, 1999. Two other impeachment articles – a second perjury charge and a charge of abuse of power – failed in the House.

    "Leading to the impeachment, Independent Counsel Ken Starr turned over documentation to the House Judiciary Committee. Chief Prosecutor David Schippers and his team reviewed the material and determined there was sufficient evidence to impeach the president. As a result, four charges were considered by the full House of Representatives; two passed, making Clinton the second president to be impeached, after Andrew Johnson in 1868, and only the third against whom articles of impeachment had been brought before the full House for consideration (Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency in 1974, while an impeachment process against him was underway).

    "The trial in the United States Senate began right after the seating of the 106th Congress, in which the Republican Party began with 55 senators. A two-thirds vote (67 senators) was required to remove Clinton from office. Fifty senators voted to remove Clinton on the obstruction of justice charge and 45 voted to remove him on the perjury charge; no member of his own Democratic Party voted guilty on either charge. Clinton, like Johnson a century earlier, was acquitted on all charges." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Bill_...

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  • 4 years ago

    Paula Jones Brought a civil sexual harassment case against Bill Clinton claiming Bill had whipped it out in a hotel room further more Jones was able to identify three unique features of Bill's private parts

    In a deposition during discovery Bill claimed he was faithful to Hillary and had never cheated on her, further along in the deposition Bill was asked about Monica which he made that famous statement I did not have sex with that women

  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    Lied to Congress.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    The Trumptanic is sinking and you're asking about something that never happened?

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    He lied under oath about his relationship with Monica. The relationship was probably unethical but I don't know that he would have been impeached over just that. Its when he was probed about it and took an oath and then lied while under oath that he broke the law.

  • 4 years ago

    Perjury - lying under oath

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Lying under oath

    I caant stand the Clintons, and am sure there were many reasons to impeach Bill. but ive honestly never understood why it was anyones business Bill was getting bloowjoobs from someone who wasnt his wife.

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