You remember this, right?
This was the statement that led, in no small part, to President Clinton being impeached. I know that a lot of people tend to think of the whole thing as a sex scandal, and it was widely referred to as Monicagate, but the legal basis on which the President of the United States was impeached was on allegedly false statements made under oath during the investigation of the allegations that he had a sexual affair with Monica Lewinsky. The legal basis for impeachment of the President of the United States was perjury, which the Republicans, and many Democrats, in the House alleged was a High Crime and/or Misdemeanor within the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. Out of sacred respect for the law, and to uphold the integrity of the U.S. legal system, for only the second time in history, a sitting U.S. President was brought up on articles of impeachment. For Perjury.