Watergate Shaped Public Take on Government

Watergate Shaped Public Take on Government
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After President Richard Nixon resigned on August 4, 1974, Federal Times published an editorial chiding him for that choice. By resigning, Nixon avoided impeachment by the House of Representatives and a trial in the Senate, a trial that Federal Times argued the American people deserved.
"Just as Mr. Nixon was entitled to a proper Constitutional trial, the people were entitled to all the facts, which now we may never know," the unsigned editorial reads.
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