President Nixon and President Clinton were both impeached. What did they do that was so bad?|||Impeachment is the act of formally accusing an elected official of actions that justify removing them from office. After the House of Representatives impeaches someone, the Senate is supposed to act as the jury in a trial. The maximum punishment in an impeachment is removal form office, and ineligibility to be elected for office in the future. If the act for which a person is impeached is a crime, they can also face criminal charges once removed from office.
Nixon was actually NOT impeached. He escaped impeachment by resigning before the House voted for impeachment. The accusations involve covering up his re-election committee's breaking his opponents offices in the Watergate Hotel.
Clinton was impeached for LYING under oath in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by Paula Jones. It is important to note that his sexual activity was NOT the reason for his impeachment. LYING about it in a court of law was the reason for impeachment.
One other President has been impeached in US history, Andrew Johnson. I don't recall the reason or the outcome. Impeachment also applies to other government officials, but I don't know what other officials may have been impeached.
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