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9th August 1974: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States of America while facing impeachment due to the Watergate Scandal

  • 9th August 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Impeachment, Nixon, Politics, President, Richard Nixon, United States, USA, Washington DC, Watergate

Nixon announced his resignation in a televised speech on 8 August and it took effect from noon the next day.

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24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act

  • 24th February 2022
  • Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Andrew Johnson, Democracy, Impeachment, Johnson, Law, Slavery, United States, USA

Having previously served as a senator and later military governor for the state of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson was chosen by Abraham Lincoln to be his running mate in the election of 1864.

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26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky

  • 26th January 2022
  • Tagged as: Affair, America, Bill Clinton, Impeachment, Monica Lewinsky, Politics, United States, USA, White House

Seven months elapsed before Clinton was called before a grand jury, where he admitted he and Lewinsky had had a relationship that was ‘not appropriate’.

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26th January 1998: Bill Clinton denies ‘sexual relations with that woman’

  • 26th January 2020
  • Tagged as: Affair, America, Impeachment, Law, Politics, President, USA

On the 26th January 1998, United States President Bill Clinton appeared at a White House press conference and made a forceful statement that “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”.

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