investigation. but the second article for which nixon was going to be impeached, article 2, that was about abuse of power. misusing the irs. trying to get them to unlawfully target people for audit and investigation. misusing not just the irs but the fbi and the secret service and other agencies and personnel for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws or any other lawful function of his office. and all of this richard m. nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the united states, where forrichard m. nixon by such conduct warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office. that was article 2. that is how richard nixon was in the process of being impeached when he resigned.
that clear? yes, sir. understand, do it, give me a report. very well, sir, yes, sir, we ll report back, sir. richard nixon was not impeached. richard nixon resigned when the supreme court ordered the release of the white house tapes and on the tapes it became obvious that it was a sure bet because the videos elaborated on his profound guilt. when he resigned the presidency there were three articles of impeachment ending up against him, the first one was act the watergate break-in and obstructing justice, delaying, impede and obstructing the investigation, covering up the crime, protecting those responsib responsible, lying to investigators, paying people to lie, tipping off people who were the subject of investigation, lying to the public in order to deceive the public about the investigation. but the second article for which
do it. give me a report. very well, sir. yes, sir, we ll report back, sir. richard nixon was not impeached. richard nixon resigned when the supreme court ordered the release of the white house tapes and on the tapes it became obvious that his impeachment was a sure bet because the tapes proved and showed and my god, they elaborated on his profound guilt. when nixon resigned the president, there were three articles of impeachment that were pending against him. the first one was the watergate break-in at the democratic party headquarters and obstructing justice when it came to that break-in. delaying and impeding and obstructing the investigation. covering up the crime. protecting those responsible. lying to investigators. withholding evidence. paying people for their silence. paying people to life. tipping off people who were the subject of the investigation. lying to the public in order to deceive the public about the investigation. but the second article for which nixon was going to b
included the obstruction of justice for which nixon was driven out of office. so for donald trump to find out, if he s finding out tonight, that this investigation is going to go beyond the original focus of it, that s not great news for him. it s interesting you say that. because you re refusing to in the watergate timeline which many have oebds took so much longer, it appears that publicly, but as you said, within government the understanding of how wide this scope was came later. so do you infer anything as a matt of breast practices or abundance of caution, all the legal mumbo jumbo that comes out there. right. that will mueller is learning some lessons from that history? i think that s right. this has really spread up because as you said, the watergate process took longer. we ve got at least shadows on the wall of investigations of collusion with the russians and perhaps financial crimes, perhaps obstruction of justice
i wonder with historical lens, that s why you re here, what does history say about what has happened when there are wider inquiries into the running of an administration in. well, what has happened is if there was an offense, it will likely be found out. that s one reason why richard nixon went after archibald cox. because he expanded his investigation into various abuses of power which in the end included the obstruction of justice for which nixon was driven out of office. so for donald trump to find out if he s finding out tonight, that this investigation is going to go beyond the original focus of it, that s not great news for him. so interesting you say that. you re referring to, in the watergate time line, which many observed took so much longer, it appears that both publicly, as you said, within government, the understanding of how tied with scope was, came later. so do you infer anything as a