Tom - Bookrastinating reviewed The Impeachers by Brenda Wineapple
How not to succeed in impeaching and convicting a sociopathic president.
4 stars
A good pop history of the personalities and events surrounding the impeachment of Andy "The Accident" Johnson and his ultimate acquittal at the first ever presidential impeachment trial. I definitely learned things I did not know regarding the reasons why he was impeached in the first place. His behavior was worse than I knew (and I knew a lot previously) but they impeached on a technicality. Like putting Capone up for tax evasion. Lesson observed... don't nominate a Veep just for votes if they're a sociopath.
A good pop history of the personalities and events surrounding the impeachment of Andy "The Accident" Johnson and his ultimate acquittal at the first ever presidential impeachment trial. I definitely learned things I did not know regarding the reasons why he was impeached in the first place. His behavior was worse than I knew (and I knew a lot previously) but they impeached on a technicality. Like putting Capone up for tax evasion. Lesson observed... don't nominate a Veep just for votes if they're a sociopath.