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A look back at presidential impeachment in U.S. history

How Nixon, Clinton and Johnson dealt with the threat of impeachment

11/28/2019

PBS News Hour

A look back at presidential impeachment in U.S. history

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How Nixon, Clinton and Johnson dealt with the threat of impeachment

Impeachment is a rare event in American politics. Amid the past few weeks of public hearings, we have wondered how this episode compares to previous instances of impeachment. Amna Nawaz spoke with three historians, each focused on a former president who had to grapple with that threat: Peter Baker on Bill Clinton, Timothy Naftali on Richard Nixon and Brenda Wineapple on Andrew Johnson.

11/28/2019

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