Why did the US Senate decide against removing Clinton from office?

Answer 1

Bill Clinton was not "removed" from being president, his term expired.

If you are referring to Clinton's 1998 impeachment in the House of Representatives, he was acquitted of the charges of perjury and obstruction of justice at his Senate trial, and was neither removed from office nor censured.

Answer 2

Although impeached he was not convicted of anything. In order to be removed from

office, a president must not only be impeached ( rather like an indictment) but then

be convicted of the high crimes and misdemeanors brought forth in the impeachment.

After hearing the evidence, the Senate voted to not convict.

Answer 3

To be impeached is only the accusation that a President has done something so wrong that he/she needs to be removed from office. Apparently, the Court did not find him guilty of a worthy enough cause to remove him.

Answer 4

He didn't want to give up power or his ego couldn't let him do it. Maybe both. Also, it's not a requirement to leave office when impeached. Whether or not he should have resigned is another question. If there was a bigger backlash with the American people he probably would have resigned. He was a popular president and probably would have won a third term if he were allowed to. He's no Reagan but probably the next best thing to most people in this 30 year era. Compared to Carter and Obama, Clinton is George Washington!

The word impeach does not automatically imply guilt; it just means that he was being charged and tried. Clinton was found not guilty (acquitted).

Answer 5

What he did was morally reprehensible, but did not affect national security.

Answer 6

President Bill Clinton was *not* put out of office. He completed his second term and, like all presidents since 1947, he is limited by the 22nd Amendment to running for two terms.

Answer 7

It would have embarrassed the administration.