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<p>On August 8, 1974, an American constitutional crisis thankfully came to an end–<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/richard-nixon-in-1968-was-bad-donald-trump-in-2020-is-much-worse">President Richard Nixon</a> announced from the Oval Office that he was resigning the presidency at noon the next day.</p>
<p>Forty-eight years later to the day, America is on the cusp of a new and potentially more terrifying constitutional crisis: one actively incited by <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-executes-search-warrant-on-donald-trumps-mar-a-lago-resort?ref=topic">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/eric-trump-runs-to-sean-hannity-to-whine-about-fbi-raid-on-mar-a-lago?ref=topic">his allies in the Republican Party</a>.</p>
<p>It’s little surprise that the former president responded to yesterday’s unprecedented FBI search of his home by <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/08/trump-says-fbi-raiding-his-mar-a-lago-home.html">accusing the Department of Justice</a> of “lawlessness,” engaging in a “political persecution,” and weaponizing the justice system against him.</p>
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On August 8, 1974, an American constitutional crisis thankfully came to an end–President Richard Nixon announced from the Oval Office that he was resigning the presidency at noon the next day.
Forty-eight years later to the day, America is on the cusp of a new and potentially more terrifying constitutional crisis: one actively incited by Donald Trump and his allies in the Republican Party.
It’s little surprise that the former president responded to yesterday’s unprecedented FBI search of his home by accusing the Department of Justice of “lawlessness,” engaging in a “political persecution,” and weaponizing the justice system against him.
