Resigning the Presidency

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August 8, 2026

Just before leaving for a five-week recess, Senate Republicans
confirmed Todd Blanche to the post of Attorney General of the US,
Some Republicans were enthusiastic, others were more skeptical
but said that if they didn’t confirm Blanche, Trump would choose
someone worse, Fifty two years ago, Republican senators played a
very different role when they delivered the news to Richard Nixon
that he must resign or be impeached over the Watergate break-in,
On August 8, 1974, Nixon spoke to the American people to tell
them he was resigning the presidency of the United States.

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