On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton admitted to having an affair with Monica Lewinsky as he testified in front of the grand jury. Clinton was the first president to sit for a grand jury.
Prosecutor Kenneth Starr then used Clinton's earlier denials to charge Clinton with perjury and obstruction of justice, the same charges leveled against Richard Nixon. Clinton denied any cover up or destruction of evidence.
The Lewinsky affair was the culmination of a long investigation started to look into questionable real estate transactions. The charges of perjury and obstruction of justice were grounds for impeachment. The House voted on Articles of Impeachment, but the House found Clinton innocent in the Senate.
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