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President-elect John F. Kennedy, left, and Vice President Richard Nixon are shown after their post-campaign conference at Key Biscayne in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 14, 1960. (AP Photo)

Public faith in system at risk if legitimate questions about election are not answered

By David Keene

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, file photo, a sign featuring a likeness of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is carried in Washington Square Park in New York, a day after the death of the Supreme Court justice. The political battle is being quickly joined over replacing Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

2020 serves another blow as Ginsburg’s death ignites fight

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: ‘I learned a lot by watching Richard Nixon’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Political historian-commentator Richard Reeves dies at 83

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 1974, file photo, Rep. Thomas Railsback, R-Ill., right, confers with chairman Peter Rodino, D-N.J., during the House Judiciary Committee's debate on impeachment articles in Washington. Railsback, an Illinois Republican congressman who helped draw up articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1974, has died at age 87. Former Republican congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood confirmed the death on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Photo, File)

GOP congressman who backed Nixon impeachment dead at 87

By HERBERT G. McCANN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act, at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Trump proposes sweeping rollback of environmental oversight

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this July 24, 2019 photo, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., asks questions to former special counsel Robert Mueller, as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Zoe Lofgren: At least Watergate didn’t involve a foreign power

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd before he speaks during a rally on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Impeachment in presidential election year forces Donald Trump to fight on two fronts

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

'The Fall of Richard Nixon' (book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Fall of Richard Nixon’

By Robert M. Bostock

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 1998 file photo, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., presides over the committee's impeachment hearing for President Bill Clinton, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The public impeachment inquiry hearings this week usher in a rare and momentous occasion in American history as Congress debates whether to remove a sitting president from office. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, File)

Then and now: How Trump impeachment hearing is different

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 18, 1973, file photo, the hearing of the Senate select committee on the Watergate case on Capitol Hill in Washington. In 1973, millions of Americans tuned in to what Variety called &quot;the hottest daytime soap opera&quot; _ the Senate Watergate hearings that eventually led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. For multiple reasons, notably a transformed media landscape, there's unlikely to be a similar communal experience when the House impeachment inquiry targeting Donald Trump goes on national television starting Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo)

Trump impeachment inquiry heads to live TV coverage

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Former Defense Secretary William S. Cohen. (Shaye A. Painter/The Washington Times/File) ** FILE **

William Cohen, ex-Defense Secretary, says Donald Trump committed ‘impeachable act’

By David Sharp - Associated Press

Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen speaks prior to the lecture at the Collins Center in Bangor, Maine, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Cohen, who served on the House Judiciary Committee that investigated President Richard Nixon, said Tuesday that he believes President Donald Trump committed &quot;an impeachable act.&quot; (Natalie Williams/The Bangor Daily News via AP)

Former defense secretary: Trump committed impeachable act

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump stands during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for auto racing great Roger Penske in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How ‘do us a favor’ led to Trump impeachment inquiry

By CALVIN WOODWARD, COLLEEN LONG and ERIC TUCKER and LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974 file photo, President Richard Nixon waves goodbye from the steps of his helicopter outside the White House, after he gave a farewell address to members of the White House staff. Nixon was taken to nearby Andrews Air Force Base where he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California. On Aug. 7, 1974, three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to Nixon at the White House, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for two years, announced his resignation the next day. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity)

Richard Nixon GOP role unlikely to be repeated amid Donald Trump impeachment push

By David Crary - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 1974 file photo, Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., center, speaks to reporters after meeting with President Richard Nixon at the White House to discuss Nixon's decision on resigning. Flanked by Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, left and House GOP Leader John Rhodes of Arizona, right, Goldwater said Nixon has made &quot;no decision&quot; on whether to resign. The three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to Nixon, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for two years, announced his resignation the next day. (AP Photo)

GOP unlikely to reprise role it played in Nixon’s 1974 exit

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Illustration on presidential character and behavior by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The presidential choice in 2020

By Ronald Kessler

An undated file photo of Ronald Reagan (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ronald Reagan called African diplomats ‘monkeys’ in 1971 conversation with Nixon

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

'After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon' (Book jacket)

BOOK REVIEW: ‘After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon’

By John R. Coyne Jr.

FILE - In this June 28,1968 file photo, presidential candidate, former Alabama Gov, George Wallace arrives in Boston. If President Donald Trump making racism a cornerstone of his reeleciton campaign sounds familiar, that’s because another presidential candidate did the same half a century ago. And George Wallace saw the strategy resonate with many. Wallace was elected governor of Alabama in 1962 and declared, “Segregation now. Segregation tomorrow. Segregation forever.” (AP Photo, File)

Trump channels George Wallace with racial appeals

By WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press