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Dear Editor: In the era of Watergate, Richard Nixon was renounced by the Republican Party, the Supreme Court, and the American people. When the number of Americans favoring Nixon’s removal from office reached nearly six in ten, and Republican members of Congress told him he would likely be impeached, Nixon resigned. For 50 years no president has sought to interfere in a criminal investigation—until now. Former president Trump has managed to rewrite fundamental, well-established standards of law and order while simultaneously sustaining solid support within the GOP; through two impeachments, the deadly January 6th attack on our Capitol, and scores of criminal and civil indictments. …