Was Clinton impeached for sex?

Many of the black community in this country, blacks still belive strongly that Clinton did not break the law, they think it was about sex. Any one familiar with the vents know it was muchbigger than this.

No,having sex is not impeachable a president lying under oath and right in the face of the American people is an impeachable offense, not to mention the moral stain on the Oval Office itself.

Clinton was impeached as President of the United States on December 19, 1998 by the House of Representatives. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice. The Senate acquitted Clinton on both counts in a trial concluding on February 12, 1999. The day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to a five year suspension of his Arkansas law license as part of an agreement with the independent counsel to end the investigation. Based on this suspension, Clinton was also automatically suspended from the United States Supreme Court bar, from which he chose to resign. [34][35] Clinton's resignation will have little practical effect. He has never practiced before the Supreme Court and was not expected to in the future.


In addition to impeachment, the Clinton White House was the subject of many lesser scandals. Travelgate refers to the firing of White House travel office staffers. Filegate refers to White House handling of hundreds of personnel files from individuals without asking for their permission. Chinagate involved Democrats accepting improper campaign contributions; allegedly the ultimate source of this money was the Chinese government. Pardongate refers to a grant of clemency to FALN members in 1999 and pardons to Marc Rich and others in 2001. In March, 1998 Kathleen Willey, a White House aide, alleged that Clinton had sexually assaulted her. Also in 1998, Juanita Broaddrick alleged that Clinton had raped her in 1978. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy was acquitted on each of 30 charges of illegally accepting gifts such as sports tickets, lodging, and transportation from companies regulated by his department in exchange for favors. [36] Only one Clinton administration official was convicted for any wrong-doing while in office: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for misstating to the FBI the amount of money he gave his girlfriend. In March 2000, Federal District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that "the President had the requisite intent for committing a criminal violation of the Privacy Act" when the White House released correspondence from Willey to Clinton. [37] The letters were released in March 1998, the morning after Willey appeared on the CBS program "60 minutes" and alleged that Clinton made an unwanted sexual advance while the two were in a private room adjacent to the Oval Office in 1993.