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Nixon met with Congress members and was told that he would be impeached with certainty, so he resigned the next day. He was decidedly not resigning over shame.
by NhanH 5y ago
Nixon met with Congress members and was told that he would be impeached with certainty, so he resigned the next day. He was decidedly not resigning over shame.
Without the pardon from Ford, it’s possible he would be charged and indicted with a felony even. So yeah, there is a whole lot more to him resigning than shame
- sidewndr46 5y agoI'd also like to point out that by resigning Nixon was assured his pension https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/10/archives/nixon-to-get-60000-annual-pension-and-up-to-96000-for-office.html https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/10/archives/nixon-to-get-600...