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If you've been following the impeachment inquiry and subsequent Senate trial of President Donald Trump, you've heard lawmakers remind viewers that Trump's impeachment—the third ever impeachment of a U.S. president—is historic.
Now, a new article from Just Security is proving them right by bringing up headlines from the obituaries of Nixon-era politicians.
<p><a href="https://amzn.to/2t84gpM" target="_blank">Republican former President Richard Nixon</a> was never officially impeached. The House of Representatives opened an impeachment inquiry and the House Judiciary Committee—including a third of its Republicans—voted in favor of three articles of impeachment against him.</p><p>Before the articles could go to the House floor for a vote, Republican lawmakers told Nixon that his impeachment and conviction were an inevitability and pressured him to design, which he ultimately did.</p><p><strong>Though Nixon resigned before his official impeachment, the moment defined many of the lawmakers who oversaw it when they passed away decades later, as indicated by their obituary headlines:</strong></p><p><div data-conversation-spotlight=""></div></p><blockquote><em>"Former Rep. Joseph Maraziti, 78, Defender of Nixon on Watergate" <br>"Wiley Mayne; House GOP Member Who Voted Not to Impeach Nixon" <br>"Sandman, Nixon Supporter, Dies" <br>"Lawrence J. Hogan Sr., Md. Republican Who Called for Nixon's impeachment, Dies at 88"<br>"M. Caldwell Butler, a Key Vote Against Nixon, Dies at 89" <br>"R. McClory; Backed Nixon's Impeachment" <br>"Thomas Railsback, Congressman Who Broke with GOP to Back Nixon Impeachment, Dies."<br>"Charles Wiggins, 72, Dies; Led Nixon's Defense in Hearings"<br></em></blockquote><p>Senators will soon face a critical vote on whether or not to allow a debate to hear witnesses and whether or not to subpoena firsthand witnesses like former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who recently made explosive allegations against the President in an <a href="https://amzn.to/2RV8ucM" target="_blank">upcoming memoir</a>.</p><p>While most Republican Senators are staunchly against hearing additional witnesses, some Republicans—like Senators Mitt Romney (UT) and Susan Collins (ME)—are signaling a vote in favor.</p><p><strong>The vote could prove as consequential to their legacy as it was for Republicans in the time of Nixon.</strong></p>
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<p>Senators have a day and a half left of questioning the House impeachment managers and the President's defense team. A vote on whether to proceed in the effort to hear from witnesses is expected Friday.</p>
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