The House speaker suggested former President Richard Nixon at least "cared about the country enough" to resign.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine are “so much worse” than former President Richard Nixon’s actions in the Watergate scandal, which prompted his resignation from office.
Faced with impeachment and the near certainty that the Senate would vote to remove him from office, Nixon resigned in August 1974. She said Trump has “every opportunity to make his case” before House impeachment investigators, including testifying before the House Intelligence Committee or answering questions in writing.
Pelosi’s comments followed the first week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry that included testimonies from acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor and Marie Yovanovitch, who was abruptly recalled from that position by Trump in May.
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