in the impeachment of nixon, i m telling you, impeachments are unpredictable at any stage of the process. so nixon resigns friday, august 9th ahead of what he expected to be the culmination of the impeachment proceedings that would see him removed from office. if even guys like chuck wiggins were against him now saying he should resign, there was no hope for him, but even then, even when richard nixon resigned the presidency, the first american president to ever do that, all right, there was still more to do when it came to that impeachment because by the time nixon resigned on august 9th, the judiciary committee in the house hadn t even finished their formal report on the impeachment inquiry. they didn t finish their report on the impeachment until almost two weeks after nixon was already resigned and gone from office. which is kind of crazy, right? i mean, nixon has resigned, and is no longer president. ha he s a private citizen, vice president gerald ford has been sworn this to repl
just showed you. he resigned on friday. frankly, so he could have at least the perceived dignity of quitting rather than being forcibly removed from office which was obviously going to be the next thing that happened. but even then, even at that moment in the impeachment of nixon, i m telling you impeachments are unpredictable at any stage of the process. so nixon resigns friday, august 9th ahead of what me expects to be the culmination of impeachment proceedings that would see him removed from office. even guys like chuck wiggins were against him now. but even then, even when richard nixon resigned the presidency, the first american president to ever do that, right, there was still more to do when it came to that impeachment. because by the time nixon resigned on august 9th the judiciary committee in the house hadn t even finished their formal report on the impeachment inquiry. they didn t finish their report on the impeachment until almost two weeks after nixon was already resigned a
at any stage of the process. so nixon ezines friday, august 9th ahead of what me expects to be the culmination of impeachment proceedings. even guys like chuck wiggins were against him now. but even then, even when richard nixon resigned the presidency, the first american president to ever do that, right, there was still more to do when it came to that impeachment. because by the time nixon resigned on august 9th the judiciary committee in the house hadn t even finished their formal report on the impeachment inquiry. they didn t finish their report on the impeachment until almost two weeks after nixon was already resigned and gone from office, which was kind of crazy, right? i mean nixon has resigned and is no longer president. he s a private citizen. vice president gerald ford has been sworn in to replace him. the country is catching its
against president trump. pretty historic stuff, which they could vote on we expect within the next 24 hours now. democratic congresswoman of california said rich rld nixon s impeachment in her call for republicans to consider the evidence over party loyalty. one of my most vivid memories of the 1974 impeachment was representative chuck wiggins, one of the most defenders of nixon when he realized nixon had been lying to him. i ve been waiting for republicans here to have chair chuck wiggins moment but it seems we live in an alternate realty where one columnist said if it swims and quacks like a duck it s a piano. loyalty to our country and our constituti constitution must be greater. i ll joined by msnbc contributor howard fineman. let s take a look back at some
who served as a member of the house judiciary committee impeachment staff. he recalls the committee s work to define what constituted grounds for impeachment. mr. weld later served as governor of massachusetts. hi. i m tim naftali. i m director of the richard nixon presidential library and museum in yorba linda, california. september 28, 2011. i have the honor and privilege to interview william weld. thank you for joining us today. please tell us how you came to be involved with the inquiry. i got a call in the fall of 1973. i was an associate at a law firm in boston. asking me if i would be interested in interviewing for a job on the impeachment staff. at that point, it hadn t really gotten off the ground. i said, no, i have to stay on until i make partner. and then i called back in 15 seconds and said i made a grave mistake. can i still interview? he said, yes. so i had a telephone interview with sam garrison, running the republican side of the staff, not yet fully unif