[FONT=Georgia, serif]1st paragraph of Nixon's Impeachment Articles.
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that:
Here are the counts
[/FONT]The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:
In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
- making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
- withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
- approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counselling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;
- interfering or endeavouring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees;
- approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities;
- endeavouring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;
- disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability;
- making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
- endeavouring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favoured treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony.
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Of course she did all those things, but she was smart enough or dumb enough not to get elected President.
Trump is busted, why in the world the idiot ran for President is beyond me. They are going to come after everything. The minute he signs that tax bill watch the Rinos throw him and his family under the short bus. If the Dems get Pence too, the Pubes get their dream Prez in Ryan.
Of course she did all those things, but she was smart enough or dumb enough not to get elected President.
Trump is busted, why in the world the idiot ran for President is beyond me. They are going to come after everything. The minute he signs that tax bill watch the Rinos throw him and his family under the short bus. If the Dems get Pence too, the Pubes get their dream Prez in Ryan.
Poor Gropenfhrer Stock markets starting roll over. I'd be honored to be Ivanka's cell mate.
Will Jared get a cell next to his dad's