Hi, can you do that, listeners? I'm Allison Michaels. My colleague, Lillian Cunningham,

created the presidential podcast back in 2016 to explore in 44 episodes the legacies

and lives of each American president. And this week, we're sharing three of them, the

stories of the three American presidents to face impeachment before President Trump.

The episode you're about to hear is about President Richard Nixon. He was the first and so far

only person to resign the presidency. Technically, he wasn't impeached, but he left office in 1974

when he realized he was about to be impeached. For this episode, Lillian reviewed journalist Bob Woodward.

Yes, the same Bob Woodward who helped break the Watergate story about Nixon's life, his presidential

traits and what it was that led to his downfall in office. To hear more of her episodes on each

of the American presidents, check out Presidential on your favorite podcast platform or at

WashingtonPost.com slash Presidential. Now here's the story of Richard Nixon.

The day he resigned, he said it. He called all of his

aides and friends and family to the West Wing of the White House just before he left down the

helicopter. A couple of hours before he actually left office through resignation. And he had his wife

and daughters and son-in-laws there and it was a rambling talk about the grievances he felt.

His mother wasn't treated right. His father was poor and then at one point he raised

kind of with his hand indicated this is why I called you all here. And then he said,

always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them and then

you destroy yourself. It was the hate that was the poison that destroyed him and his presidency and at

that moment to his credit he understood it. That's Bob Woodward, one of the Washington Post reporters

who uncovered the Watergate scandal that brought down Nixon's presidency. I'm Lillian Cunningham,

also with the Washington Post and this is the 36th episode of Presidential.

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