A president faces
impeachment charges after he is accused of direct involvement in an unsavory
scheme aimed at boosting his reelection. Against a tense background of
controversy over an American military deployment, the chief executive fumes, even
as one top aide after another gets implicated in the widening scandal.
The turbulent
presidency of Donald Trump? Actually, it's a description of the final months in
office of Richard M. Nixon.
Impeaching a U.S. president
is a rare occurrence, but not an unprecedented one: Three previous holders of
that office have faced the real possibility of removal by a hostile Congress.
Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached by the House of
Representatives, then acquitted by the Senate (barely, in Johnson's case).
Nixon resigned before the process could reach its conclusion.