This story is inspired by Season 1 Scandal, Vermont and the Olitz actors – Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn
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World News
The Senate Impeachment trial of President Fitzgerald Grant begins today only the fourth US President to face the possibility of a sacking while in the job. It is alleged that President Grant abused his powers of office in bombing his own citizens at the embassies of Denya and Manzania. He is accused of engineering the so-called terrorist attacks to distract from policy failures at home. The majority of people who died that day were ethnic Africans, and the question being asked now is – do Black Lives matter when they stand in the way of American interests, both national and personal…"
Local News
Overshadowed by the impeachment hearings of President Fitzgerald Grant III, the much awaited trial of a policemen who shot an unarmed civilian begins today in Faraway County. The cop is accused of racially profiling the 18-year-old, an African-American who was shot dead while walking home from the store. The question being asked now is – do Black Lives matter when a cop can shoot to kill without justified provocation…"
Police on Trial:
Case Summary: A jury must determine if the Police Officer used excessive force when he fired 8 shots at the victim, or whether his claims of using justifiable force can be substantiated, because the victim posed a deadly threat.
The 12-member jury has two people who are Latino, three African-Americans and seven whites. Eight are women and four are men. The alternate jurors are all white, and consist of one man and three women.
If convicted, the Police Officer faces three to 11 years in prison. He has been on paid suspension since the shooting.
"All Stand for the Honorable Judge presiding over the People vs Officer involved shooting.'
"What is the charge?"
"Voluntary manslaughter."
"How do you plead?"
"Not guilty"
"So noted."
President on Trial:
Case Summary: The President is accused of masterminding two deadly car bomb attacks on the United States embassies of Manzania and Denya, which killed 279 people, including 18 Americans, and injured 2684 mainly African embassy employees and civilians.
The Presiding Officer of the Senate directs Sergeant of Arms to proclaim: ''All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment, while the House of Representatives is exhibiting to the Senate of the United States articles of impeachment against President Fitzgerald T Grant III.''
Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of all of the people of the United States of America, against Fitzgerald T Grant, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for High Crimes and Misdemeanors:
Article I:
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Fitzgerald T Grant, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that:
Fitzgerald Thomas Grant, in direct violation of the proper use of his authority, commanded a private contractor to recruit and train a group of unemployed youth in Denya and Manzania for the sole purpose of murder involving American life and the destruction of American property, while claiming the acts were committed by the Warriors of Mass Destruction.
By this one act, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant has undermined the integrity of his office; brought disrepute on the Presidency; betrayed his trust as President, and acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the United States.
Article II:
Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Fitzgerald T Grant, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating the constitutional rights of citizens, impairing the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the laws governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposed of these agencies.
The means used to implement this course of conduct or scheme included one or more of the following acts:
- Obstructed and deceived federal investigations in Denya and Manzania
- Threatened the life and liberty of a witness to such acts, that of Mr Hollis Doyle
- Used public institutions of justice and Federal investigation to silence the victims of his crimes and abort their attempts to seek justice through national and international frameworks.
In doing this, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the United States.
Article III:
Using the powers and influence of the office of President of the United States, Fitzgerald T Grant, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has engaged in conduct that resulted in misuse and abuse of his high office, impaired the due and proper administration of justice and the conduct of lawful inquiries, and contravened the authority of the legislative branch and the truth-seeking purpose of a coordinate investigative proceeding in that, as President, Fitzgerald T Grant, failed to respond to certain written requests for admission and willfully made perjurious, false and misleading sworn statements in response to certain written requests for admission propounded to him as part of the impeachment inquiry authorized by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States.
Fitzgerald T Grant, in refusing and failing to respond, and in making perjurious, false and misleading statements, assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives and exhibited contempt for the inquiry.
In doing this, Fitzgerald T Grant has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Fitzgerald T Grant, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust or profit under the United States
Opening statements
Police Trial - Prosecution
"May it please the court, counsel, good morning. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, as you fought your way into court through the sea of media reporters, you may have been led to believe this is the crime of the century. I don't want you to be intimidated by all media scrutiny because the facts of this are simple, so simple that they boil down to black and white. A young man on his way home from the store was shot by a cop. The victim didn't have a gun on him. Or any other kind of weapon, he was unarmed. What he did have on him, were two bottles of soda, a bag of candy and pack of gum. This young man was a few months away from going to college, the first in his family to do so, yet after a chance meeting with a law enforcement officer, he was dead…
"…You will hear evidence that the deceased had his hands up in the air, and was kneeling on the ground when he was shot eight times. Eight times, Ladies and Gentlemen, in a willful, targeted shooting of an unarmed civilian who was just going home from the store. A victim who is dead not because of a drive-by shooting or a gang-banger but due to an extrajudicial execution by a law enforcement officer…"
"…Now my colleague for the defence will attempt to show you that we're on a witch hunt. They will attempt to shift the status of victim from the deceased to the man on trial for his murder. As I present evidence to disabuse of this suggestion, I need you, the jury, to stay focused on the facts and only the facts. Let me assure you, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, my job is not to get an indictment, my job is to seek truth in order for you, the jury, to bring a just verdict…"
Police trial - Defence
"The facts of this case go deeper than black and white, there are several shades of grey that need to be considered, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury. This is a trial that asks you to take a cold hard look at the actions of a law enforcement officer – a cop who has one of the most difficult jobs in this country – who made an error of judgement in the heat of the moment. Human error is not unique to law enforcement officers, we all make make them, though not all our actions have such fatal, irreversible consequences…"
"…The Prosecution has asked you to focus on the facts of the case, and I urge you to do the same. Focus on the fact that my client worked in a high crime area; that on the night of this significant event, my client responded to an all-points-bulletin of a criminal on the loose; a criminal who was reported to be armed and dangerous, who had robbed a convenience store. My client, a law enforcement officer, whose sworn duty is to uphold the law, was on the lookout for that criminal suspect and the deceased, from his appearance and actions, matched the general description of the very criminal he was looking for…"
"…Don't let the prosecution muddy the waters by making this about race. This is not about race. This is about human error, a split second judgement that cops make in order to keep our neighbourhoods free of crime. My job is to help you see that one mistake should not be compounded by a deliberate miscarriage of justice, so let me repeat, the facts of this case are not black and white…"
President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant's impeachment Trial
House of Representatives Manager's statement during the the Trial to Impeach President Grant
"Mr. Chief Justice, counsel for the President, I will state for the record that I believe all lives matter, every single American life matters and this trial is about the lives lost due to the conduct of a President who swore an oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and to faithfully execute the laws of the United States…
"…The matter before you is a question of the willful, premeditated deliberate corruption of the Nation's office of President and our institutions of justice and administration. These alleged acts – when committed by the chief law enforcement officer of the land; the one who appoints every United States district attorney, every Federal judge, every member of the Supreme Court, the Attorney General — are a concern for Congress and the American People…
"…Every public officer is elected on a platform of public trust; we, the people, expect those we elect to do the right thing by us. In this regard, the Office of President holds the ultimate level of public trust, as the President represents the conscience of our nation.
"…The President, as an individual, does not own the Office of President, we the people do. The President is elected by the people and our representatives in the electoral college. And in accepting the challenges of the highest public official in the land, the President, in his inaugural oath, enters into a covenant—a binding agreement of mutual trust and obligation—with the American people. To break that trust among the three branches of government, and between our country and the rest of the world is not a mere harmful act, it is a criminal act. In breaking the covenants of trust, this President has crushed the very foundations of our country's greatness – our freedom, our democracy, our respect for the rule of law.
"…Do not let the distraction of a white man who has outed himself as a black man, distract you from the matter at hand. Your judgment, should rise above politics, above partisanship, above polling data. There should be no grey areas in this matter for which the answer will be clear in black and white. This case is a test of whether the constitutional right enshrined by our forefathers 'that all men are born equal' should become a fact of reality; whether judging the actions of a commanding officer is equal to the judgement we would pass on lesser men for crimes against humanity…"
Senate Response by an Independent Senator in defence of President Grant during his Impeachment trial:
"...Mr. Chief Justice, throughout our history we have endured attacks on our continuing experiment with self-governance. Not only have we endured these attacks on our Constitutional integrity but we have overcome them. We came out stronger and more resilient in the proof that our Founding Fathers had the wisdom and foresight to set the guiding principles to ensure Daniel Webster's claim of "one country, one constitution, one destiny" remains true as the bedrock of our democracy…"
"… Yet today, I believe we face a test more perilous than what we, as legislators, have faced in this chamber in our democratic history. We have the highest public officer of our great land, accused of one of the lowest acts of criminal misbehaviour. An act so heinous it is incomprehensible to associate the accusation with an officer that holds the greatest public trust…"
"…It is true that in the history of the United States of America, we have never had a monarchy. We, as a nation, do not subscribe to the "divine right of kings" theory of governance, where the King is above the basic legal and ethical codes that is required of an average citizen. It is also true that we must never accept one law for a President, and another for our citizens. That would be the lightning strike that destroys the heart of our democracy and our system of justice, But, what we have here is a travesty of the secular intentions of our Founding Fathers…"
"…The titles Commander-in-Chief and chief law enforcement officer carry a great burden – the burden of ultimate responsibility; the burden that someone has to make the tough calls; the burden that a man, one man alone, must at times decide what is in the best interests of this great nation of ours. For this reason, our Founding Fathers included Constitutional protections for the President in recognition of the burdens of his office. These Constitutional protections were intended to preserve and maintain the proper functioning and operational integrity of that office of President. Fitzgerald Thomas Grant didn't break any laws because he was acting within his legal, constitutional rights to serve and protect this country…"
"…Much has been said about the rights and obligations of the Office of the President to 'we the people'. Those same covenants of trust are placed on us as legislators, as representatives of the people. I believe this is the first time in our history, that both parties have stood united in the common aim of impeaching a President who has shed the shackles of partisan beliefs to govern as an independent; who has acted with integrity and with the best intentions for the betterment of our nation. And for the first time, 'we the people' stand united, not merely in protest of this trial, but also in the hope that we, in this chamber – who act as judge and jury – will rely on the Constitution to find a peaceable and just resolution, and that we, as legislators, will fulfill our duty, a duty sworn by oath in this Senate chamber, to deliver impartial justice…"
Police trial
Witness Testimony - For the Prosecution:
Bystander: "The kid had his hands in the air, and he was kneeling on the asphalt when this cop pulled his gun and shot him. I saw it clearly. I was maybe 20 feet away when it happened. No, the kid didn't hit him. No, the kid didn't try to grab his gun. Yeah, I've was arrested for possession of a narcotic. No, I wasn't high at the time. It was years ago. Look, I swore on the Bible to tell the truth and nothing but the truth…"
Emergency Medical Technician: "The victim, an adult male, was lying face down on the middle of the street when I arrived. I checked his wrist and the side of his neck. I asked if I could turn him to check other vital signs. I was refused permission. There was no blood on the cop, or signs of physical contact. Yes, the victim was larger in physique than the cop. I would say twice his size…"
Mother of the victim: "He was a good boy. He cared about people. He cared for his family, the community, about getting a good job so he could provide for all of us. He'd just been accepted in college. He was going to start this fall. No, he stole nothing from that store. I've seen that video and that's not my boy. It's just the cops trying to make my boy look like a criminal. Yeah, things have been tough, we've been struggling to get by, my husband was laid off work. But we've been managing, my boy was helping anyway he could. NO! He did not steal to put food on the table, that's not what I'm said!..."
Police Trial
Witness Testimony - For the Defence
9/11 Operator: 'We got a call about an armed robbery in the vicinity. The perp was described as an adult male, black. We sent out an APB that he was in the vicinity, that he was armed..."
County Sherriff: 'No, we don't have any minorities in the County police department. It's not a policy, it's a community limitation. Yes, the community is 75% black. No, I did not think it strange that we don't have law enforcement officers proportionally representative of the community we work in. There is a level of education that is required. No, I am not saying all blacks are uneducated, but white kids do better even without the leg up that blacks get through Affirmative Action. No, it's not true that we pass white applicants who are unfit for the job. We have a reliable private contractor who assesses skill and aptitude for the job. No, I wasn't aware that the defendant had scored below the required literacy and numeracy requirement. No, I wasn't aware the defendant had been rejected by two other police departments because of poor comprehension skills and a lack of judgement …"
Cop: 'I was scared. He scared me – he looked mean and evil. He was aggressive, he tried to grab my gun. I got a call that a suspect was on the loose after he'd robbed a convenience store. The description was of a large, black male. The man I saw fitted the description. I just wanted to take him in for questioning but he tried to punch me, then he tried to grab my gun and shoot me. It was self-defence. Yes, I failed my police exams, a couple of times. I had two weeks training. I don't have anything against black people. Yes, I've arrested a lot of them. I work in a black neighbourhood. No, there aren't any people of colour in our department, unless you count the people in the holding cell. No, there aren't any black families where I live, or in my church. Everyone knows blacks are trouble..Who's everyone? Uh, you know everyone, that's why the department uses mugshots of black suspects for target practice on the shooting range…"
Wrangling over last minute inclusion of a Witness
Defence: We object your honour we haven't had sufficient time to verify the credentials of this witness.
Prosecutor: He's a resident whose building overlooks the street where the murder occurred, the entire incident was taped on his phone
Defence: We object on the grounds that this evidence is out of context and will be injurious to a fair and objective assessment of my client's conduct
Prosecutor: They mean this video will show irrefutable proof the defendant told a pack of lies under oath in a court of law, that the man has sworn to defend and uphold.
Judge: Objection overruled.
Breaking News:
"…Dramatic scenes unfolded in the police trial at Faraway County today with the defendant caught on video, kerb crawling behind the victim merely walking down a suburban street. The victim then notices the police SUV, stops and faces the vehicle. The cop parks the vehicle in the middle of the street, exits with gun raised, at which point the victim raises his hands, and eventually kneels on the ground still with his hands raised. Then we see shots fired in quick succession…"
President's impeachment Trial
Witness testimony – for the House
The FBI: "I was one of the first investigators on the scene at the embassy bombings in Denya and Manzania. It was like a war zone. The Warriors of Mass Destruction claimed responsibility. No, we were not aware of the existence of such a group before they claimed responsibility for the carnage on Twitter. No, it didn't surprise me that on an entire continent where roughly 15% of the population have Internet connectivity with the majority in South Africa, Egypt and Morocco, that a bunch of terrorists taking pictures of life - in camps with no electricity or running water - should have a verified Titter account..."
The Recruiter: "My name is Stephen Mwangi. I used to work for a mine operator. I found the men, women, sometimes children to work the mines in the Congo. I moved to Denya after the mining company found someone to do my job cheaper than me. Now I free-lance. No, not for the miners, I free-lance for men who want to get work done, how should I say this, undercover. No, not spying, criminal work. I find people who don't want to pay a worker to do honest work, will pay top dollar for the same worker to do dishonest work. I was paid 500,000 American dollars to find men who would deliver parcels by car to the United States embassy in Denya, and to the embassy in Manzania. It was a lot of money, just for me to find a few drivers but Americans are strange. They will pay that money to kill a lion, and post photographs on Facebook. No, I did not know the drivers would be driving to their deaths. The man who contacted me said he worked for an American. I once heard him speak to a Mr Hollis Doyle on the phone. No, the man who contacted me cannot corroborate this information, because he is not alive. Yes, that is right, he is dead. He was killed by a hippopotamus in the Masai Mara National Reserve..."
The Private Contractor: As God is my witness, I am the real Hollis Doyle. I would let you bite me as proof I'm no plugged nickel but hell, I haven't had my rabies shots done for my special appearance here today. No, I didn't stage my own death, I was disappeared. Hell, I don't know who would have the balls to turn me into worm food – we're talking about the kind of power that can sabotage my executive jet, bribe my staff, fool air traffic control and turn me into a homeless bum on the streets of LA. It ain't the kind of escape from reality I would have chosen myself. I would have picked a nice tax-free haven where they had cold margaritas and hot babes. What? I can't say 'babes' at an Impeachment Trial – well now, I understand the importance of etiquette, we Texans are big on good ole fashioned manners, especially in a trial investigating a President for bombing a couple of American embassies and killing a couple of hundred Africans? No, I'm not on medication, and I ain't crazy. Yes, the President of the United States, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant, hired me to Wag the Dog. I'm referring to the 1997 movie, you know the one where Robert de Niro and Dustin Hoffman create a phony war in Albania to distract the American public from a sex scandal just before a Presidential re-election. No, no, I'm not accusing the actors of starting a gotdamned phony war, I'm talking about the actors in that gotdamned movie. Of course, I accepted the gotdamned job, it's the price I paid for getting the IRS off my back. No, I ain't expecting you to believe the President picked up the phone and told me to bomb American diplomatic missions in Africa. I met with his President's chief of staff, Cyrus Beene. Cyrus told me the President wanted to start a war. There was that gotdamned Congressional hearing on Police Brutality and they sure fire hell needed a distraction. No, I wouldn't say Fitzgerald T Grant and I are friends, but I have worked closely with Mz Olivia Pope in the past. I hired her to find my daughter after she went missing. Yes, Mz Pope found my daughter, yes the same daughter who sued me and wanted me to stay dead..."
President's impeachment Trial
Witness testimony – for the House
The Photo-Journalist: "I'm a free-lance journalist. Yeah, I know Mr Stephen Mwangi, only he was calling himself 'Mack' back then. When I was first saw him, he was kicking up a stink about police brutality. The cops were trying to shove him in the back of a police van, and this guy Mack was refusing to get in, yelling that he'd end up dead with a broken like Freddie Grey. I realise this is a trial to impeach the President, and not police brutality, but I'm just telling you what this guy was yelling out. I mean I even took photographs of the guy and when I saw his picture in the papers, I took the next flight out from LA to DC. Man, I had to jump through hoops getting a gig on this show. I tried to make contact with the President's Counsel, but it's like Fort Knox over there. I was about to give up when the gatekeeper gave me a number for a crisis management team, calling themselves Olivia Pope and Associates…"
The Campaign Staffer: "I worked for Mr Samuel Reston's Presidential campaign. Yes, that's correct. Past tense. I no longer work for the Democratic candidate for the United States Presidency. I resigned from Mr Reston's campaign the day before I contacted the crisis management office of Mrs Olivia Pope-Grant. I told them I knew Mr Stephen Mwangi but that is not the name he gave when we were introduced. Mr Doyle told me his name was Mack. I am not mistaken about his identity – I bailed the man, who identifies himself as Mr Mwangi, as well as Mr Hollis Doyle from an LAPD police station after they were arrested on public nuisance charges. Mr Doyle and Mr Mwangi had gate-crashed a charity dinner to alert Mr Reston that Mr Doyle was not dead. I bailed the two men out at Mr Reston's request. He wanted to make sure Mr Doyle was who he said he was. Mr Reston thought he was an impostor at first, but I told him that Mr Doyle had yelled the word 'Defiance'. No, I am not aware of the significance of that word..."
The LAPD arresting officer: I'm the arresting officer. I told Mr Samuel Reston's staff, a pretty girl, who said her name was Pretty too. Anyways, I told her that I got a dead man alive and kicking in my cell. That man would be Mr Hollis Doyle, yes, The lady bailed him out, took the black guy with her – he's the one who'd been kicking up a stink about police brutality. Is Mack from Denya in Africa? [Laugh] Hell no, Mack's a homeless bum – he's been living on Skid Row for as long as I can remember…"
Wrangling over scheduled inclusion of a Witness
President's Legal Counsel: We object, your honour, we are not prepared for the line of questioning opened up by the testimony of Mr Hollis Doyle in reference to the First Lady
House: We Mrs Pope-Grant's evidence is essential to the matter at hand, as she has been named by several witnesses.
PLC: The First Lady requires the list of questions that the House intends to interrogate her with.
House: The First Lady is a qualified lawyer who ran a very successful business advising clients to manage the legal, social and financial crises in their lives. We understand that is why the President has chosen to make Mrs Olivia Pope-Grant his current Chief of Staff. She is ably represented by the best lawyers in the country.
PLC: She's pregnant
House: That is sexist
Judge: The First Lady will testify
Breaking News:
"…We're live on Capitol Hill. First Lady Olivia Pope-Grant was rushed out of the Senate Chamber by Military medical personnel. Early reports suggest Mrs Pope's false labour pains were caused by stress. Mrs Pope-Grant, who was being sworn in as a witness in the trial of her husband and President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant, is in the last stages of her pregnancy.
"…In an unexpected development, the House prosecutors' submission for an extension to allow for Mrs Pope-Grant's testimony, was interrupted by the appearance of former White House chief of staff Mr Cyrus Beene. Mr Beene has been brought into the Senate chamber in a wheelchair by the President's father-in-law, Professor Pope and the President's son, Fitzgerald Grant IV.
"…Several objections from the House prosecutors, including a claim that Mr Beene couldn't give evidence as his death was being investigated by Bethesda police with his husband under arrest for his possible murder. The Chief Justice denied the objection on the grounds that the President was being prosecuted by one man who had returned from the dead, so a balance would be achieved if a similar resurrection took place for the defence…
"…Mr Beene testified under oath that the President and First Lady were not aware of Mr Hollis Doyle's plot to bomb the US embassies of Manzania and Denya. He said Mr Doyle staged the terrorists acts to encourage the President into military action, a move anticipated by vested interests. In support of these allegations, the Senate Jury then heard a replay of Mr Beene's secretly recorded conversations with Mr Hollis Doyle… "
Police on Trial – Verdict: Guilty on all counts
President on Trial – Verdict: Acquittal on all articles of Impeachment
World News
In a red letter day for conspiracy theorists, former White House Chief of Staff Cyrus Beene made an unexpected appearance at the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Fitzgerald Grant to claim private parties in the United States staged phony terrorist acts to get the President to start a real war. The Rightwing Press are making a meal out of Democratic Presidential hopeful, Samuel Reston's involvement in the phony war and the phony impeachment charges brought against an incumbent President, which is being deflected in the Liberal media with questions about the identity of alleged private parties who really govern the United States of America…
…We interrupt this special report to go live to the White House…
Local News
News of the President's acquittal reached the Faraway Courthouse as the jury delivered its verdict of guilty against the killer cop. The accused broke down in tears as the jury of 12 men and women revealed they had been unanimous in their judgement that he was guilty on all counts. The mother of the victim later told reporters, that finally she could breathe again, as justice had been served in the murder of her son by a law enforcement officer…
…We interrupt this special report to hear from the President of the United States…
President Fitzgerald Thomas Grant's Speech
"Good evening, I would like to thank the American people and the citizens of the world, our friends, for your support. The many kindnesses you have shown, have sustained us through a very difficult time, and your heartfelt appreciation of the just outcome to the Senate impeachment trial has been deeply moving to me and my family. So it is with the deepest regret that I speak to you from the Oval Office, for possibly the last time, to say that I, Fitzgerald Thomas Grant III, resign as President of the United States…"
A/N: This chapter owes a lot (in unauthorised usage) to the actual impeachment trials of Presidents Nixon and Clinton, and to a lesser extent Andrew Jackson. The Scandalous abuse of actual events continues... :D