Sentences with phrase «presidency over a scandal»

President Richard Nixon was the first president to resign his presidency over a scandal called Watergate.

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Cox has gotten under the skin of the Cuomo administration repeatedly over the years, making reference to his late father - in - law, President Richard Nixon, lacing their statements with allusions to the Watergate scandal that took down his presidency.

Meanwhile, the system of public financing for presidential candidates that came into being after the Watergate scandal and that once was universally accepted and respected by those seeking the presidency has been systematically shredded over the course of the last four presidential campaigns.

In a series of interviews remarkable for their hostility toward Cuomo, several top Democrats well known to the public told The Post that should Clinton be forced to abandon her quest for the presidency by the scandal over her private State Department email accounts, there is no clear alternative for New Yorkers.