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President Richard Nixon used the government as a weapon against his perceived enemies. Wally McNamee/Corbis Historical

December 18, 2024

Nixon’s official acts against his enemies list led to a bipartisan impeachment effort

Ken Hughes, University of Virginia

An enemies list isn’t a weapon against ‘the Deep State.’ It was a tool Richard Nixon used to create a deep state of his own.

Some things can’t be hidden from public view. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

January 20, 2022

Supreme Court rejects Trump’s blocking of Jan. 6 docs: 3 key takeaways from ruling

Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Wayne State University

Justices have cleared the way for hundreds of Trump administration documents to be handed to a panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack. A law scholar explains what that means for executive privilege.

Nixon resigned after tapes he had fought making public incriminated him in the Watergate coverup. Bettmann/Getty

October 22, 2021

Trump wants the National Archives to keep his papers away from investigators – post‑Watergate laws and executive orders may not let him

Shannon Bow O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin

Donald Trump’s lawsuit to stop the release to Congress of potentially embarrassing or incriminating documents puts the National Archives in the middle of an old legal conflict.

On Aug. 9, 1974, Nixon announced his resignation from the presidency. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

January 5, 2021

Trump’s ‘smoking gun’ tape is worse than Nixon’s, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it

Ken Hughes, University of Virginia

After release of tape recordings in which Nixon ordered the Watergate coverup, he resigned under pressure by congressional Republicans. Today’s GOP had a different response to the Trump tape.

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