"I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as President, I must put the interests of America first… Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow." — Richard Nixon, Resignation Address, August 8, 1974
Nixon's resignation came in the immediate wake of which event making impeachment likely?
- Acheck_circle
The release of the 'smoking gun' Oval Office tape under United States v. Nixon
- B
The Saturday Night Massacre
- C
The Pentagon Papers publication
- D
The midterm elections of 1974
Explanation
The June 23, 1972 tape, released after the Supreme Court's unanimous July 1974 decision in U.S. v. Nixon, showed Nixon ordering the CIA to obstruct the FBI's investigation, destroying his remaining congressional support.