I don't support Clinton's conduct but the method Republicans used to try to remove him from office troubled me a lot more than anything Clinton actually did. My problem was with how Republicans used the crime of perjury. Despite the months of Independent Counsel Ken Starr investigating Whitewater, Filegate and all the other potential Clinton scandals, he found nothing that could be used to impeach the president. Then the story about Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky broke. He now had the conditions to set a perjury trap.
Perjury traps have a colorful history in the United States.
Their most infamous use was in the 1950s by the House Committee for Un-American Activities. In the '50s, America was paranoid about communism. The Red Scare was full blown. What the committee actually did was trample on individual rights and ruin people's lives. Suspected communists were asked to name other suspected communists.