(Washington, DC) — Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to be impeached by the House. Andrew Johnson was the first president to be impeached during the post-Civil War years. Bill Clinton was impeached in the late 1990s. He was accused of perjury in the investigation of a sex scandal. Congressional Republicans also accused Clinton of obstruction of justice. Johnson and Clinton were acquitted in subsequent Senate trials. Meantime, Richard Nixon resigned his presidency before House votes on impeachment in the Watergate scandal.
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