Michael Doran: Crimes and Impeachment

As part of UCD's celebration of 70 years of Lifelong Learning, historian Michael Doran gave a talk on Monday 25 November on impeachment. In the constitution of the United States, the process of impeachment can be used against a President for ‘treason, high crimes and misdemeanours’. To date, this process has been attempted on seven occasions, including against the present incumbent. 
The lecture examined the historical circumstances in which impeachment was attempted against sitting Presidents with a particular focus on Presidents Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Richard Nixon in 1974 with comparisons made with the current impeachment process against President Trump.


Recorded at dlr LexIcon, Dún Laoghaire on Mon, 25 Nov 2019.

Listen back on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dlr-soundcloud/michael-doran-crimes-and-impeachment-1

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