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40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

Bill Clinton - George H. W. Bush
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22. Bill Clinton was Impeached for Perjury and Obstruction of Justice

Former President Bill Clinton. Vanity Fair.

Perjury means lying under oath. Following Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, a college intern at the White House, he declared under oath that he had not had a relationship with her. The issue at stake was not whether or not he had had an affair but that he had lied about it. Obstruction of justice means preventing an investigation from occurring.

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