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How this impeachment compares to its historical predecessors

How this impeachment compares to its historical predecessors

12/18/2019

PBS News Hour

How this impeachment compares to its historical predecessors

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How this impeachment compares to its historical predecessors

Wednesday’s House proceedings represent only the third time in U.S. history that the body has debated impeaching a president. What has changed in the decades since previous impeachment processes -- and what hasn't? Yale University professor Beverly Gage joins John Yang to discuss the role of the modern media, varying reliance on the courts and whether impeachment has become a partisan tool.

12/18/2019

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