Newt Gingrich Calls Clinton's 1998 Impeachment a Mistake Over Perjury Focus

6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 27

Newt Gingrich said in a May 27 interview that House Republicans erred by impeaching Bill Clinton in 1998, saying the case was framed around sex rather than the more serious issue of perjury.
Gingrich said that focus "trivialized" Clinton's conduct, arguing the former president committed a felony under oath in the Paula Jones-related case and later lost his Arkansas law license for five years.
He traced his change in view to August 1998, when his two daughters warned that voters would resent market losses tied to what they saw as "some stupid intern," showing him how public attitudes were shifting.
Clinton was impeached by the House on perjury and obstruction of justice over the Lewinsky scandal but was acquitted by the Senate; his spokesperson did not immediately respond to the new remarks.

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