What are you talking about?
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
I think it calms their minds!
Chairman Mao had to overcome the Ruler before that. He also had to destroy everything that would be "four olds" meaning he had to destroy old ideas, old culture, old thoughts.
Hope this helps. Remember you can always award brainliest and get 25% of the points :)