Title: Why was Bill Clinton impeached? - Quora
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Content: Why was Clinton impeached? There are essentially two answers to that question, the technical one and the political one. The technical answer is that President Clinton had a number of extramarital affairs while a state official in Arkansas (Attorney General then later Governor), and while President of the United States. Not every woman was happy with his attentions, including one Paula Jones, who sued Bill Clinton. Wanting to make the case go away, Clinton testified under oath that he had not had any sexual affairs, and Jones’ case was initially dismissed, mostly on the basis of Clinton’s testimony. When Ken Starr produced physical proof of Clinton’s sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky, this fact proved President Clinton had lied under oath, and he was impeached by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on
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Originally Answered: Why did Bill Clinton get impeached? Paula Jones accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment and Ken Starr, the prosecuting attorney asked Clinton whether or not he had sex with certain women including MONICA LEWINSKY who worked at the White House during his term. Bill Clinton did not want to admit that he had a liaison with MONICA LEWINSKY because it had to do with his personal life, and it embarrassed him, even though it was between two consenting adults, Himself and MONICA. Bill Clinton told Ken Starr that he did NOT HAVE SEX with that woman (Monica) even though he DID have sex with her.