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40 Facts About the History of Impeachment (And The Presidents Who Couldn’t Escape Its Fate)

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9. Republicans Called for Investigations Into Nixon’s Behavior

Former CIA director Richard Helms, who obstructed the Watergate investigation. AFP / Getty Images / Vox.

Nixon was a Republican president, and members of his own party were the ones who chose to investigate him. That fact reveals that he had so severely breached the public’s trust that his party could no longer support him. All of the people, not just Democrats, were appalled that the president had acted so deceptively.

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