…and he very, very carefully threaded the needle and chose his words to avoid perjury. It’s why he had questions like asking them to define “sexual relations” (the definition they gave didn’t include oral, so he did not have sexual relations with her by their definition) and what the definition of “is” was (specifically does it mean currently or does it include at any time in the past).
Back then the Republicans still pretended to respect the Constitution. Infidelity isn’t a crime, and committing a crime is a requirement for impeachment per the Constitution.
No, he was impeached for lying to Congress about it.
If he had just said, “Yeah, Monica blew me,” he would have been fine.
Lol. If he’d said that the Repuglicunts would have impeached him for infidelity. He was in a no win situation.
…and he very, very carefully threaded the needle and chose his words to avoid perjury. It’s why he had questions like asking them to define “sexual relations” (the definition they gave didn’t include oral, so he did not have sexual relations with her by their definition) and what the definition of “is” was (specifically does it mean currently or does it include at any time in the past).
Back then the Republicans still pretended to respect the Constitution. Infidelity isn’t a crime, and committing a crime is a requirement for impeachment per the Constitution.
Infidelity is not an impeachable offense. Perjury is.
Would it have been an even bigger scandal? Maybe.
an impeachable offense is whatever the house says it is
No, it has to be for a high crime or misdemeanor. Cheating on your wife isn’t illegal.