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7. President Nixon Actually Wasn’t Impeached
Nixon knew that he was in trouble, not only for what the burglars did at the Watergate complex but for how he had tried to cover it up. The articles of impeachment passed through a bipartisan House Judiciary Committee, at which point Nixon resigned. Had he stayed in office, he undoubtedly would have been impeached and then convicted by the Senate.