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impeachment
Congress will vote on whether or not to impeach the President. -
Obstruction of justice
Impeding those who seek justice in a court as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court. -
Sam Ervin
He was chairman of the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Presidential Campaign Practices during the Watergate scandal. -
Plumbers
Its job was to stop the leaking of confidential information to the public and press. -
25th Amendment
The 25th amendment allows for the Vice President to become president in the event of death, resignation, removal from office or impairment that prevents the current president from fulfilling his or her duties. -
Richard Nixon
American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States -
26th Amendment
The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
June 17, 1972
five men were apprehended while breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate, an office-hotel-apartment complex near the Potomac. -
watergate
The scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972. -
August 9, 1974
Richard Nixon became the first United States president to resign from office