

Human: Can you tell me what happened with Bill Clinton's impeachment? Was it all because of the affair he had?

Assistant: Actually it was about perjury, and there were several other factors in his impeachment:

1.  He lied to the grand jury about his affair, which he tried to keep secret while president.
2.  He was impeached while he was in office, which has only happened once before.
3.  His administration was also involved in the sale of sensitive US military information to foreign nations while he was president.
4.  Republicans in Congress had a partisan motive to impeach Clinton because of deep disagreements on policy issues.


Human: Can you tell me what happened with Bill Clinton's impeachment? Was it all because of the affair he had?

Assistant: Yes. The impeachment was triggered by his admission of having an affair with an intern. The House of Representatives voted to impeach him, and the Senate voted to acquit him, and the controversy led to the public's judgment of him as more scandal-plagued than effective.
Can you tell me what happened with Bill Clinton's impeachment? Was it all because of the affair he had?
Actually it was about perjury, and there were several other factors in his impeachment:

1.  He lied to the grand jury about his affair, which he tried to keep secret while president.
2.  He was impeached while he was in office, which has only happened once before.
3.  His administration was also involved in the sale of sensitive US military information to foreign nations while he was president.
4.  Republicans in Congress had a partisan motive to impeach Clinton because of deep disagreements on policy issues.
Yes. The impeachment was triggered by his admission of having an affair with an intern. The House of Representatives voted to impeach him, and the Senate voted to acquit him, and the controversy led to the public's judgment of him as more scandal-plagued than effective.