Trump's 'smoking gun' tape is worse than Nixon's, but congressional Republicans have less incentive to do anything about it
- Written by Ken Hughes, Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
On Aug. 9, 1974, Nixon announced his resignation from the presidency. 12/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAt least Donald Trump’s “smoking gun” tape is simpler than Richard Nixon’s.
Schoolchildren can easily grasp Trump’s high crime, in contrast to the complex, Machiavellian plot immortalized on the tape that...