High Crimes And Misdemeanors

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High Crimes And Misdemeanors

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Oct 3, 2019

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When Andrew Johnson became president in 1865, the United States was in the middle of one of its most volatile chapters. The country was divided after fighting a bloody civil war and had just experienced the first presidential assassination. We look at how these factors led to the first presidential impeachment in American history.

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Oct 3, 2019

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