The United States vs. Richard Nixon

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1974

 * August: With the exposer of the Watergate affair president Richard Nixon resigns from the office of President.
 * September: With fears of a horrific backlash from the American People, President Ford elects not to pardon his former boss.
 * December: Richard Nixon's Trial before the Supreme Court is scheduled for March of 1975.

1975

 * March: The United States vs. Richard Nixon begins. Nixon is often remembered red during questioning for stating that, "When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal." The trial lasts for nearly a week and results in a 6-3 ruling that President Nixon did very much indeed commit a felony, and as President, he was in no way above the law. Nixon is sentenced to twenty years in a federal prison for warrantless wiretapping.

1976

 * Jimmy Carter wins the white house, though Gerald Ford manages to avoid as much critisism as he did in OTL.

1986

 * November: President Reagan is impeached for his involvement in the Iran Contra affair. Though he is found innocent, he leaves office with not nearly the favorabilty he had in OTL.

1998

 * December: President Clinton is removed for office for lying under oath.

2000

 * Al Gore wins his re-election, but by a very slim margin.