I wondered about this so checked what happened to Joseph McCarthy. He was subject to a vote of censure in the senate, and became unpopular, but that was it. Of course he died shortly after of alcohol related conditions, so there's that..

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ceejayoz an hour ago | parent [-]

Or, like, Nixon.

The relative lack of consequences there enabled this go around.

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GolfPopper 23 minutes ago | parent [-]

Nixon resigned, and was pardoned. Many of the conspirators were convicted and served prison time.

With Reagan and Iran-Contra, Reagan was never charged, most officials were pardoned, and only one person served any jail time.

With Bush (43) there were no consequences for any of it. Not he war under false pretenses, not the domestic spying, not the torture.

And with Donald Trump (45) a single judge recently appointed by Donald Trump held up legal proceedings until he was elected President, again.

	▲	ceejayoz 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Nixon resigned, and was pardoned. Yes. That's deeply bad precedent. Roger Ailes founded Fox News, explicitly, to avoid a recurrence of even that minimal level of consequence.