He erased part of the tape of the scandal which made him even more guilty of hiding evidence. However before he asked for Executive Privilege which in turn did not work and he resigned. He was later pardoned by his vice president who is now president due to him resigning
True, this has happened in every country that was proposed and promised a anti-capitalist, and classless society. Socialism which is the government before to reaching Communism always has the best and improving social ideas, but in practice it always fails because it can't economically sustain its own principles
The Roman Empire operated primarily under a full dictatorship, with the leader in question being in almost full control of every decision that affected the state.
