'Trump is worse than Nixon,' says WaPo columnist MaxBoot, adding that Nixon had 'compensating virtues': 'With Trump, it's hard to see what are the countervailing virtues for all of his villainy, which is in plain sight.'
“Tricky Dick” explores Richard Nixon’s political rise and fall, with never-before-seen footage, starting Sunday, March 17, at 9p ET/PT.-- President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the Russia investigation might seem unprecedented, including his blistering attacks on investigators and pushback against the press. But history presents another strong example. More than 40 years ago, President Richard Nixon grappled with Watergate and hit many of the same points as the scandal unfolded.
As special counsel Robert Mueller nears the end of his investigation and Democrats on Capitol Hill ramp up their own probes, here are a dozen ways Nixon and Trump struck similar tones.“When you talk about innocent, I am truly not involved any form of collusion with Russia. Believe me, that’s the last thing I can think of to be involved in.”by the FBI in March 2017, Trump has consistently and repeatedly stated that there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.
. Responding to critics who accuse him of obstruction, Trump often says he is just fighting back against an unfair investigation.“I made my mistakes. But in all of my years of public life, I have never profited, never profited from public service. I’ve earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice.”
A key part of Nixon’s defense strategy was to distance himself from his associates at the center of the investigation. He portrayed himself as an innocent bystander who was wrongfully wrapped up in the events of Watergate. In his first public comments, Nixon said he learned about the break-in from news reports while vacationing.and gaggle with reporters, August 17, 2018
This included chief of staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic affairs adviser John Ehrlichman, who resigned, and White House counsel John Dean, who was fired. All three men were later charged with crimes relating to the cover-up. Dean became a key cooperator in the investigation and directly implicated Nixon in testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee.“Nobody has ever been more transparent — I have instructed our lawyers be totally transparent. I believe we’ve given them 1.
“I believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. One year of Watergate is enough.”
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