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The President of the United States resigned today, due to scandals that included using illegal means to spy on members of the opposition party, and using the IRS to go after his political enemies.
The President insisted to the end, that all the illicit activities driving his resignation, were committed without his knowledge, by people in various government agencies under him.
"America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress," the President said in a prepared announcement.
"In the past days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing,"
But he said that he had decided to put "the interests of America first."
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0808.html
It was Aug. 9, 1974.
The President insisted to the end, that all the illicit activities driving his resignation, were committed without his knowledge, by people in various government agencies under him.
"America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress," the President said in a prepared announcement.
"In the past days, however, it has become evident to me that I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to justify continuing,"
But he said that he had decided to put "the interests of America first."
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0808.html
It was Aug. 9, 1974.
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