President Nixon tells a White House news conference on March 15, 1973, that he will not allow his legal counsel, John Dean, to testify on Capitol Hill. There are several key advantages that Trump enjoys that Nixon didn’t — though some of them may be temporary. There was a famous meeting that took place shortly before Nixon resigned in which senior Republican congressional leaders warned Nixon that his support in Congress had evaporated. Because conservative Republicans support Trump more than Republicans overall (89 percent approval, per Gallup), there’s little value in those Republicans’ bucking Trump at this point. Some would argue that there’s a key differentiator between where Nixon was when he resigned and where Trump is now: evidence.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2018 19:18 UTC