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nixon. eisenhower is pat nixon the untold story. all three of these works are set to be released next year, paul carter writes in his preface, quote, i am a trial attorney. i am quite aware that speak louder than words and. i know the thoroughness required to assemble evidence presenting it layer by layer until the full story emerges. that's what i've done with richard nixon. california's native son. and now it's time for you to be the judge. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please join in welcoming paul carter. thank you. thank you, jim. thank you to all of the incredible staff here for putting this evening together. i really appreciate it. and, you know, let's just get started. richard nixon as california's native son, he was born hearing linda in a house. his father built a few steps where i'm standing. he was raised in whittier and graduated whittier college. and then went off to duke law school. we're all pretty much familiar with that aspect of his life and that story. but no
nixon. eisenhower is pat nixon the untold story. all three of these works are set to be released next year, paul carter writes in his preface, quote, i am a trial attorney. i am quite aware that speak louder than words and. i know the thoroughness required to assemble evidence presenting it layer by layer until the full story emerges. that's what i've done with richard nixon. california's native son. and now it's time for you to be the judge. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, please...
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nixon no way. the criminal defendants also the people rest in the watergate break in also wanted the tapes because they figured their defense was the president us to do it. so this goes in the united states supreme court. supreme court unanimously, the court rules nixon's got to turn over the tapes. and here, i think, is a critical moment, at least as far as impeachment's concerned nixon thinks about defying that, but his counsel says if you do that you are absolutely certain to get impeached and kicked out of office. otherwise it's kind of iffy. but and nixon. okay, he turns over the tapes by the way he doesn't turn over all the tapes he's asked for ten. i think he gives six. and but there's information that's gleaned from the tapes to figure out that nixon basically had ordered the break in and then the house judiciary committee shortly after supreme court decision approves three articles of impeachment against nixon, one that charged nixon with the heads of the irs, cia and fbi to go after his p
nixon no way. the criminal defendants also the people rest in the watergate break in also wanted the tapes because they figured their defense was the president us to do it. so this goes in the united states supreme court. supreme court unanimously, the court rules nixon's got to turn over the tapes. and here, i think, is a critical moment, at least as far as impeachment's concerned nixon thinks about defying that, but his counsel says if you do that you are absolutely certain to get impeached...
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everyone in america, including richard nixon knew that richard nixon was on his way to a criminal trial, if president ford had not pardon him. now, donald trump is asking his voters to believe that on that day, in 1974, donald trump was the stupidest person in america. stupid, yes, but not that stupid. he knew. he knew. donald trump knew every day of his life since he was 28 years old, that the president of the united states does not have criminal immunity for crimes committed while president. donald trump has known that for 49 years now, the dysfunctional mainz believe donald trump will never know that yesterday's appeals court opinion points out that we actually live in a country where the attorney general cannot, as donald trump and put it, quote, in that effort he did while in office, even if everything done was totally illegal and appropriate. donald trump speaks to his followers f if they are completely un-educated children, and as followers are incapable of recognizing that insult, but he delivers it to them. today, richard nixon resigned the presidency, and gerald ford took the
everyone in america, including richard nixon knew that richard nixon was on his way to a criminal trial, if president ford had not pardon him. now, donald trump is asking his voters to believe that on that day, in 1974, donald trump was the stupidest person in america. stupid, yes, but not that stupid. he knew. he knew. donald trump knew every day of his life since he was 28 years old, that the president of the united states does not have criminal immunity for crimes committed while president....
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and nixon was a shrewd politician., you know, as a historian it's a problem to solve. >> the thing about trump though is that he does -- he never except that there are actual consequences. nixon accepted the notion of consequences. he accepted the notion the supreme court can tell him what to do. he knew, when you listen to those tapes, that he was running big risks in these things that he was doing. he was indeed worried about the law. and he was indeed worried about trying to get the fbi to look the other way. that was all part of what he was doing, because he knew this was against the law. >> while, dealing with trump's personality, his psychology, all the distortions that have really informed his whole life, from his boyhood on. suppose the biographers, psychologists, and god knows how many other kinds of social scientists have been working on for decades to come, assuming we get through all this. >> well, that's the point, i just like to close on that point. because this is the kind of case, this is the kind of op
and nixon was a shrewd politician., you know, as a historian it's a problem to solve. >> the thing about trump though is that he does -- he never except that there are actual consequences. nixon accepted the notion of consequences. he accepted the notion the supreme court can tell him what to do. he knew, when you listen to those tapes, that he was running big risks in these things that he was doing. he was indeed worried about the law. and he was indeed worried about trying to get the...
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nixon was not about private conduct. nixon was about, among other gs, using the c.i.a. to interfere with a f.b.i. investigation. he accepts a pardon tanding that after having resignedthink that undermines this impeachment figument. after nixon, we then see a ries of independent and investigating a range of different types duct. you independents p*epbl counsel lawrence walsh inhe iran-contra . the department invokes in his reply brie chapter 27 of counsel assumes that president reas subject to prosecution. says, but we didn't get there evidentiary. not that aut there was immune --ht there was immunity. that's continued to present. this notion we are going to see a floodgate -- care investigations and the in the clinton era didn't result any charges. the fact that this investigation vindictive tit for tatnge ofare prosecutions in the future. i think it reflects the fundamentally unprecedented nature of the criminal ch here. never before has there been allegations that a sitting president has, withte individuals and using the levers of psought to fundamentally subvert the
nixon was not about private conduct. nixon was about, among other gs, using the c.i.a. to interfere with a f.b.i. investigation. he accepts a pardon tanding that after having resignedthink that undermines this impeachment figument. after nixon, we then see a ries of independent and investigating a range of different types duct. you independents p*epbl counsel lawrence walsh inhe iran-contra . the department invokes in his reply brie chapter 27 of counsel assumes that president reas subject to...
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richard nixon followed the supreme court's order and handed over the tapes. nixon realized he was caught on those tapes committing crimes, so he quickly resigned the presidency to avoid being impeached and convicted in the united states senate. he made that decision to resign after a small group of republican senators went to the white house to tell the president -- the vote count he was facing on impeachment. the leader of that republican group was the most conservative republican senator, very barry goldwater, who had been the last republican nominee for president before richard nixon. barry goldwater, who could be as tough and stern as anyone in the senate said he was, quote, very, very upset about the evidence of richard nixon's participation in obstruction of justice. barry goldwater said it really shook me up. the evidence really -- shook him up. for the republican senators meeting in the oval office, barry goldwater, told the new york times that he told the president that the vote for impeachment in the house of representatives would be nearly unanimou
richard nixon followed the supreme court's order and handed over the tapes. nixon realized he was caught on those tapes committing crimes, so he quickly resigned the presidency to avoid being impeached and convicted in the united states senate. he made that decision to resign after a small group of republican senators went to the white house to tell the president -- the vote count he was facing on impeachment. the leader of that republican group was the most conservative republican senator,...
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and not richard nixon.nterested in the cases that were drew upon the fitzgerald case, which this will clearly replace. that is a civil immunity case. and they also drew upon u.s. versus nixon, which is the case where nixon was forced to turn over the tapes, which indeed resulted in his resignation. so they drew upon, there is a lot of history in those cases that they pull down through this case to the president and very applicable law. >> they're thinking about the history, donald trump is claiming that this addition goes to the future and it puts a presidency at risk. he's actually arguing on social media, john, that quote a president would be afraid to act for fear of the opposite parties vicious retribution after leaving office. do you think that this will have a chilling effect on the president and his staff? >> i do not, i think that shows trump's frame of mind, i think that trump if he gets back in is planning to indict everybody he can indict. including, as he has said, joe biden. so he is thinking o
and not richard nixon.nterested in the cases that were drew upon the fitzgerald case, which this will clearly replace. that is a civil immunity case. and they also drew upon u.s. versus nixon, which is the case where nixon was forced to turn over the tapes, which indeed resulted in his resignation. so they drew upon, there is a lot of history in those cases that they pull down through this case to the president and very applicable law. >> they're thinking about the history, donald trump...
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nixon was a shrewd politician.ial error that compounded with the obstruction of justice. still, as a historian, it's a problem to solve. >> the thing about trump though is that he never accepts that there are actual consequences. mixon excepted data shunt of consequences. he accepted the notion that the supreme court can tell him what to do. he knew when he listened to the tapes, that he was running big risk in these things that he was doing. he was indeed worried about the law, and he was indeed worried about getting the fbi to look the other way. that was a part of what he was doing, because he knew it was against the law. >> dealing with trump's personality, a psychology, all of the destruction really his whole life, from boyhood on, the biographer psychologists and how many other social scientists will be working on for decades to come, assuming we get there all this. >> that's a point -- i would like to close on this point. this is the kind of case and opinion that is so valuable to future she story and look a
nixon was a shrewd politician.ial error that compounded with the obstruction of justice. still, as a historian, it's a problem to solve. >> the thing about trump though is that he never accepts that there are actual consequences. mixon excepted data shunt of consequences. he accepted the notion that the supreme court can tell him what to do. he knew when he listened to the tapes, that he was running big risk in these things that he was doing. he was indeed worried about the law, and he...
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why did gerald ford pardon jarred nixon? quote, as a result of certain acts, or mission, occurring before his resignation as president, meaning, as a result of stuff he did while president, quote, richard nixon has become liable to possible indictment. whether or not he shall be so prosecuted, depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury, and the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. so, the idea that this is an open question, that it might be that former president can never be tried for something that he did because he was president when he did it is disproven by a plane reading of american history. and, the whole justification for richard nixon in the first place. so, the idea that this has to be taken up is them saying the sky is. green, and i think even for the non lawyers among, us to be able to say this guy is not, green even on a worst day, this is bs. you are doing this as a tactic to help your political friend. your partisan patriot and for you to say that this was something the court needs to decide. becaus
why did gerald ford pardon jarred nixon? quote, as a result of certain acts, or mission, occurring before his resignation as president, meaning, as a result of stuff he did while president, quote, richard nixon has become liable to possible indictment. whether or not he shall be so prosecuted, depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury, and the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. so, the idea that this is an open question, that it might be that former president can never be tried...
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versus nixon, where nixon was forced to turn over the tapes that resulted in his resignation.here's a lot of history in those cases they pull down through this case to the present. it's applicable law. >> if they are thinking about history. donald trump claims this goes to the future. it puts a presidency at risk. he's arguing on social media, john, that, quote, a president will be afraid to act for fear of the opposite party's vicious retribution after leaving office. do you think this will have a chilling effect on a president and his staff? >> i don't. that shows trump's frame of mind. if he gets back in, he's planning to indict everybody he can indict, including as he has said, joe biden. he's thinking other people think like he does when we don't. we made it several hundred years without that kind of mentality. so, this is just trump thinking. and it's not the norm. >> well, we know that this d.c. circuit court is saying, look. this is not carte blanche. there is no absolute immunity. there's no double jeopardy. impeachment was not a criminal proceeding. what you were inv
versus nixon, where nixon was forced to turn over the tapes that resulted in his resignation.here's a lot of history in those cases they pull down through this case to the present. it's applicable law. >> if they are thinking about history. donald trump claims this goes to the future. it puts a presidency at risk. he's arguing on social media, john, that, quote, a president will be afraid to act for fear of the opposite party's vicious retribution after leaving office. do you think this...
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crimes committed by richard nixon.ichard nixon also knew that one four of the nine justices on the supreme court who are deciding his fate were appointed by richard nixon. one of those justices, william rehnquist, recused from the nixon case because he had served in the nixon administration with some of the officials who were complicit in nixon's crimes. the supreme court decision in that case was 8 to 0, ordering richard nixon to turn over his tapes. justice clarence thomas lives with awoman who was complicit in the crimes, white house chief of staff mark meadows is now accused of and the crimes donald trump is now accused of. justice thomas's wife urged them on in written text messages, urged them on in committing those crimes that they are now accused of and doing anything they possibly could illegally, if necessary, to overthrow the results of the presidential election. will clarence thomas follow william rehnquist's example and recuse from this case? joining our discussion now is democratic congressman daniel gold
crimes committed by richard nixon.ichard nixon also knew that one four of the nine justices on the supreme court who are deciding his fate were appointed by richard nixon. one of those justices, william rehnquist, recused from the nixon case because he had served in the nixon administration with some of the officials who were complicit in nixon's crimes. the supreme court decision in that case was 8 to 0, ordering richard nixon to turn over his tapes. justice clarence thomas lives with awoman...
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and so this clip from nixon during the nixon frost discussions was part of it. so just to sort of walk back in terms of where this in history after nixon left office, he agreed to a series of interviews with this famous journalist. and so they talked through all these different things, including all the watergate details. this is a clip of him talking about how. this is not a cover up, even though historically it clearly was my motive was not i did not believe that we were covering any criminal activities. i didn't believe that john mitchell was involved. i didn't believe that for matter anybody else was. i was trying to contain politically and that is a very different motive from the motive of attempting to up criminal of an individual. and so there was no cover up of any criminal activities. that was not my motive. so nixon says i'm not covering up criminal activity. i'm covering up the political problem that related this. it's still the same problem, right? still stonewalling, regardless. so this classifies as stone, too. not you can hear it again. it doesn't
and so this clip from nixon during the nixon frost discussions was part of it. so just to sort of walk back in terms of where this in history after nixon left office, he agreed to a series of interviews with this famous journalist. and so they talked through all these different things, including all the watergate details. this is a clip of him talking about how. this is not a cover up, even though historically it clearly was my motive was not i did not believe that we were covering any criminal...
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asked, richard nixon was a crook. and ask this suspect that the american public wants to know what a jury would think of donald trump. did he try to steal still the election? was it a coup d'etat? was it an insurrection? was he involved? did he know what he was doing? >> i think we've seen the facts >> brought out distinctly by the january 6 committee and by the press and everybody else. this was something donald trump engineered and this should be determined plenty of time for the case to be heard and tried before the election. so the american people can make a judgment based on the decision of the jury. >> so ultimately is the court basically doing donald trump a favor here, whether they intended to or not, by effectively delaying this trial also, that it can't possibly start before the election >> i think they are. i don't think it was really a need to hear this case. the appellate court made the right decision beautiful opinion, and it was clear that there was no question whatsoever because, if he didn't have the
asked, richard nixon was a crook. and ask this suspect that the american public wants to know what a jury would think of donald trump. did he try to steal still the election? was it a coup d'etat? was it an insurrection? was he involved? did he know what he was doing? >> i think we've seen the facts >> brought out distinctly by the january 6 committee and by the press and everybody else. this was something donald trump engineered and this should be determined plenty of time for the...
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it is nixon. in terms of the actual opinion, they moved quickly and unanimously. >> the other big -- if we are going to carry forward, when you talk about the court. the creaminess of the court is evident in what they are doing with the pacing. putting this off for seven weeks and sitting on it for two weeks for no reason. obviously, pushing all of the cases that they can push to a point where trump will be standing for election before any of us have heard the fedex. got it. it is the timing. it is the idea that the immunity thing is an open question. is presidential immunity and open question? what is the most famous pardon in american history? gerrard for pardoning richard nixon once he was resigned and a former president. why did gerald ford pardon him? as a result, occurring before his resignation as president of the meeting as a result of stuff he did while president, quote, richard nixon has become liable to possible indictment in trial and whether or not he shall be prosecuted depends on fi
it is nixon. in terms of the actual opinion, they moved quickly and unanimously. >> the other big -- if we are going to carry forward, when you talk about the court. the creaminess of the court is evident in what they are doing with the pacing. putting this off for seven weeks and sitting on it for two weeks for no reason. obviously, pushing all of the cases that they can push to a point where trump will be standing for election before any of us have heard the fedex. got it. it is the...
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when i in the nixon white house and my job. well, let me back again president wanted to advance women in the federal government at a time when not everybody thought that was such a great idea there was not consensus our society then about the proper role of women and i was not that far out of harvard business school at a time when nobody knew what to do with a woman mba either was because i'm older than all of you. probably i remember all of this anyway. my job. my my job in the nixon white house was to recruit women for the policymaking in the federal government and what the departments, the cabinet departments and agencies were doing in progress for action plans that the president had required of them. so part and parcel that my job and that had not been done i was not a headhunter by training i'd come from citibank in new york and i had to just go and beat the bushes and find women all over the who were. and that's what i did, i went to various cities and federal regions and said who were the who were the outstanding women h
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state department, there were price of oil, soon quadrupled at least with 19 late 19 73 and richard nixonusy plate a lot of things going on thank you president ford and thank you governor carter for being with. tonight, this debate during the run up to us presidential elections, the shah of iran pulled for ford and supported him financially, people were out of work, people were unhappy with the... with the economic situation, they had been expecting the curve of the the prosperity to go up and up, and instead it turned and it started going down, and when that happens, people tend to react very strongly, and so that was one of the additional aspects of of the revolution. clearly, this was all done under ford and kissinger, actually, when kissinger was secretary of state, and ford was the president, and that during that period, in fact was when the united states actually conspired. to bring the prices down and it actually may have harmed the shaw very severely, we weren't happy with the price h, but there was nothing we could do about it, he wanted, he wanted that income, and it fit with ni
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the portraits of nixon had had put were still there. of course, while dwight eisenhower was in the place of honor. but the other two presidents, interestingly enough, or the progressive era presidents, theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson, well, ford took them down and in their place, and he defined himself, surprised people by putting up abraham lincoln, who was a lifelong hero. and harry truman and lots of people scratch their heads and wondered why harry truman? well, it turns out they had one in common. they were both plainspoken midwesterners. harry truman always said his days in the senate were the happiest days of his wife. he loved capitol hill, i think, more than he did the presidency. this was 20 years before david mccullough. so that's right. when harry truman was still very much out of fashion. they were both what i would call charismatic. he challenged. which is to say they they very rarely electrified an audience with their rhetorical brilliance. but guess what? it didn't matter because they had character, they had decenc
the portraits of nixon had had put were still there. of course, while dwight eisenhower was in the place of honor. but the other two presidents, interestingly enough, or the progressive era presidents, theodore roosevelt and woodrow wilson, well, ford took them down and in their place, and he defined himself, surprised people by putting up abraham lincoln, who was a lifelong hero. and harry truman and lots of people scratch their heads and wondered why harry truman? well, it turns out they had...
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nixon doctrine, he thought iran could promote american interest in the gulf.ent between the shah and the carter administration popped up as the us refused to sell aircraft to iran by cancelling the awax contract. in an interview with business week, the shah said iran has capacity to become a $10 billion dollar market. per annum for the us artillery products, and if the us refuses to sell arms to iran, it will lose that opportunity, and if there is any sharing of resources, well then we can share many things with the united states. as the news over the tension between iran and the us broke, the media in both countries began to adopt new attitudes towards each other. meanwhile, the island of stability was undergoing massive changes in its underneath layers. i don't want to go... into details about these things, because i have already express expressed myself, it is impossible to get anywhere on dictation terms, we are still ready to discuss, as always, all these problems, but the solution of these problems cannot be one-sided and that... once again in the favor
nixon doctrine, he thought iran could promote american interest in the gulf.ent between the shah and the carter administration popped up as the us refused to sell aircraft to iran by cancelling the awax contract. in an interview with business week, the shah said iran has capacity to become a $10 billion dollar market. per annum for the us artillery products, and if the us refuses to sell arms to iran, it will lose that opportunity, and if there is any sharing of resources, well then we can...
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he wanted, he wanted that income, and it fit with nixon and kissen's plan that we were able to get someian countries. there were no bones of contention between the us and the shah of iran before the argument over the price of oil. the united states was going to keep iran within the global alliance system, and the shah of iran could rest easy as long as he had the us by his side. the single group that really wants iran and the us to come to some sort of understanding has been the oil company. and so it was oil companies that were helping to fund citizen citizen contacts, all sorts of uh uh third party or second channel backdoor negotiations, cultural uh engagement and displays of iranian art that would come to american museums uh because they wanted better relations, they wanted to break into the iranian market, they wanted to have fewer limitations on their uh uh their dealings with the iranian oil industry. remember, it's important to realize that carter ran a foreign policy platform, which had two elements: one is no armed sales to dictators and two human rights internationally. well,
he wanted, he wanted that income, and it fit with nixon and kissen's plan that we were able to get someian countries. there were no bones of contention between the us and the shah of iran before the argument over the price of oil. the united states was going to keep iran within the global alliance system, and the shah of iran could rest easy as long as he had the us by his side. the single group that really wants iran and the us to come to some sort of understanding has been the oil company....
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so one of the things in the nixon i'm sorry, they're all in my brain, you know, like nixon and bush start to blur when you have too many or this is what happens. you argue all day and the day before you can't. right. but but bush had something that many of us have now forgotten which is he signed a status of forces agreement. he signed that in 2008. it wasn't he loved doing, but it was saying, in effect, that by a certain date, all u.s. troops were out of cities in iraq. and by 2011, they all to be out completely unless iraqi government at that time would allow them to stay. so that seemed to a lot of people like a big yawn, but in point of fact, it wasn't a big deal because it made a difference whether you had u.s. troops marching around and all these iraqis cities, etc. so, you know, again, we won't really fully know, you know, what is the impact of that. but i think it one of the things that united for peace justice did with its associate aid groups was it did actually make a commitment to work on legislation. and those that i dated probably this there was like a big meeting in washing
so one of the things in the nixon i'm sorry, they're all in my brain, you know, like nixon and bush start to blur when you have too many or this is what happens. you argue all day and the day before you can't. right. but but bush had something that many of us have now forgotten which is he signed a status of forces agreement. he signed that in 2008. it wasn't he loved doing, but it was saying, in effect, that by a certain date, all u.s. troops were out of cities in iraq. and by 2011, they all...
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nixon and bush start to blur. bush had something many of us has now forgot, he signed a force agreement that he signed that in 2008. it was not something he loved doing but it was saying that by a certain date, all u.s. troops were out of cities in iraq and by 2011, they all had to be out completely unless the iraqi government, at that time, wouldn allow them to stay. that seem to a lot of people like a aibig yawn. in point of fact, it was not a big yawn but it made a difference whether you have u.s. troops watching out in all the cities, et cetera. we won't really fully no what the impact of that is. i think one of the things that united for peace and justice did with its associated groups was it did actually make a commitment to work on legislation and there was a big meeting in washington, i guess in 2004, maybe. all these groups came together and there was a discussion, do we think it is worth putting resources into legislative activity? how do we feel about it? different groups were in that meeting. code pink
nixon and bush start to blur. bush had something many of us has now forgot, he signed a force agreement that he signed that in 2008. it was not something he loved doing but it was saying that by a certain date, all u.s. troops were out of cities in iraq and by 2011, they all had to be out completely unless the iraqi government, at that time, wouldn allow them to stay. that seem to a lot of people like a aibig yawn. in point of fact, it was not a big yawn but it made a difference whether you...
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but it also in nixon us versus nixon, it took about, it took about just under three weeks 16 days as i recall to get the opinion of the court that nixon had to turn over his secretly recorded conversations. so the court is used to these kinds of big deliberations and it can move with speed when it wants to. >> also then compare that to this timing. if someone's at home watching and confused on the fact that what you just said there, bush v. gore happening being resolved in a matter of days, usb nixon, you said it took about two weeks after oral arguments before we got that and the fact that this took weeks to just hear when the schedule is going to be and now it's happening two months from now >> we don't know until decades after the fact that what happens inside the court and sometimes not even then with watergate, and that court, then the nixon court matt era, we know a lot because scott armstrong and bob woodward got a hold of a slew of clerks and did a book called the brother and then they went right inside the decision-making process. a lot of politics involved a lot of watching
but it also in nixon us versus nixon, it took about, it took about just under three weeks 16 days as i recall to get the opinion of the court that nixon had to turn over his secretly recorded conversations. so the court is used to these kinds of big deliberations and it can move with speed when it wants to. >> also then compare that to this timing. if someone's at home watching and confused on the fact that what you just said there, bush v. gore happening being resolved in a matter of...
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and it's the criminals side of the nixon versus gerald case. and so i think they fell felt it was appropriate, not arrogant for them to weigh in on and decided once and for all. >> so you disagree with the argument that we heard from the former deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe earlier saying that an essence everyone believes they're just going to affirm what the appeals court found and they want their name to be on it that to be but i don't think that would be the reason i think that one of the criteria primary criteria for the supreme court to hear a case besides conflict among circuits is a case of monumental constitutional importance. and i think this is that kind of landmark case. i think that if they resolve it, they ought to resolve it on relatively narrow grounds. i think something like a model like nixon versus fitzgerald would well serve the court in the criminal context. also, we have some of the same interests. the court there was concerned about the intrusions on the function and the authority of the executive branch and so if som
and it's the criminals side of the nixon versus gerald case. and so i think they fell felt it was appropriate, not arrogant for them to weigh in on and decided once and for all. >> so you disagree with the argument that we heard from the former deputy fbi director, andrew mccabe earlier saying that an essence everyone believes they're just going to affirm what the appeals court found and they want their name to be on it that to be but i don't think that would be the reason i think that...
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for instance, just look at gerald ford's pardon of richard nixon. both former presidents evidently believed was necessary to avoid nixon's post- resignation indictment. the court also argued there is an important deterrent effect that will be lost, if presidents were totally immune from criminal prosecutions. quote, instead of inhibiting the presidents lawful discretionary action, the prospect of federal criminal liability might serve as a structural benefit to deter possible abuses of power and criminal behavior. in other words, maybe we -- want a system that incentivizes those in power, like the president, to think twice about whether they are committing a felony before they do something. am i doing a crime? is this a felony? should we do this? and of course, our system is built as three coequal branches of government. the president is the head of just one of them. he is not above the other two, he is certainly not above the law. quote, former president trump's stance would collapse our system of separated powers, by placing the president beyond t
for instance, just look at gerald ford's pardon of richard nixon. both former presidents evidently believed was necessary to avoid nixon's post- resignation indictment. the court also argued there is an important deterrent effect that will be lost, if presidents were totally immune from criminal prosecutions. quote, instead of inhibiting the presidents lawful discretionary action, the prospect of federal criminal liability might serve as a structural benefit to deter possible abuses of power...
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of all us international weapons says went to iran using petrol dollars and you know this was during nixonto power in januar. of 77 and then there was we had the revolution in february of 79, so the last two years of shah's reign, carter was president in the united states, but what led to shah's overthrow was actually the result of the relationship that people like nixon and kessenger had with the shah, shah was buying. lot of weapons from the united states shah was acting as puppet in west asia for the united states during the vietnam war, the united states were using the fighter jets that were sold to iran to attack vietnamese and we have passage in the memories of mother that one day shah went to his mother and was quite upset and the mother asked the shah, why are you upset? and the answer was that the americans have taken these fighter jets from iran without even notifying me, meaning the show, so the relationship between the shah and nixon kissenger those years... actually led to the revolution, because what wanted from nexon, after giving all these services to nixon was to leave the
of all us international weapons says went to iran using petrol dollars and you know this was during nixonto power in januar. of 77 and then there was we had the revolution in february of 79, so the last two years of shah's reign, carter was president in the united states, but what led to shah's overthrow was actually the result of the relationship that people like nixon and kessenger had with the shah, shah was buying. lot of weapons from the united states shah was acting as puppet in west asia...
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nixon worried about it, but took the pardon. that law and history on their side because we have a lot of history to draw on. let's take a non-criminal example, that the appeals court looked to something that has long been a benchmark for presidential power. it goes back to truman when in 1952 the supreme court did find a sitting president exceeded his authority. he tried to basically seize the steel mills. here we see like truman this indictment charges that trump violated laws enacted by the congress, he exercised power at the lowest ebb which is what you see. the truman youngstown case discusses. sometimes it's high like going to war. sometimes it's very low like without any other support from congress or any other part of government just trying to take, in that case, what was basically private property. the judges say trump lacked the lawful discretionary authority to defy criminal law. including president trump have not believed themselves to be wholly aligned from criminal responsibility. that was a very respectful way to p
nixon worried about it, but took the pardon. that law and history on their side because we have a lot of history to draw on. let's take a non-criminal example, that the appeals court looked to something that has long been a benchmark for presidential power. it goes back to truman when in 1952 the supreme court did find a sitting president exceeded his authority. he tried to basically seize the steel mills. here we see like truman this indictment charges that trump violated laws enacted by the...
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new president gerald ford pardoned nixon. white house employee monica lewinske.impeachment was not completed; the president was acquitted. donald trump faced impeachment proceedings twice in 2019 and 21. for the first time, wrap your arms around him. joe biden, missouri state attorneys and louisiana. believed that the president and other officials colluded with twitter and other social networks to prevent the case of biden’s son and other topics that were inconvenient for the current administration from being promoted. trump has a good example: pakistan held a surprising general election on thursday. the country's most popular politician, former prime minister imran khan, is in prison. already taken out. the sentences, they are not the last, guarantee that he will not be released during his lifetime. his party does not officially participate, it can only support independent candidates, but... dr. savera prakash chants the slogan of the pakistan people's party, which she represents in the buner district of khyberunkhwa province, an area that has been in the hands
new president gerald ford pardoned nixon. white house employee monica lewinske.impeachment was not completed; the president was acquitted. donald trump faced impeachment proceedings twice in 2019 and 21. for the first time, wrap your arms around him. joe biden, missouri state attorneys and louisiana. believed that the president and other officials colluded with twitter and other social networks to prevent the case of biden’s son and other topics that were inconvenient for the current...
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the closest we got was nixon, right? and everybody was furious when gerald ford gave nixon a pardon rather than waiting for nixon to probablyin inevitably get indicted. before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to be indicted, ford gave him that pardon and everybody was so mad. maybe if ford hadn't pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson then. we would have learned the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible forbl the criminaltr himself, sure, right? but way worse for the country hat has then and forever tlaf to jam up its politics irretrievably with the accountability under criminalva law.mi politics and prison news having from that point forward having to go together. here we are, we have lost the luxury we used to have. t we're definitely not alone in the worldde on this score anymo. yes, tonight on this broadcast we're going to be talking about former president trump's filing claiming to be immune from prosecution for any crimes he m
the closest we got was nixon, right? and everybody was furious when gerald ford gave nixon a pardon rather than waiting for nixon to probablyin inevitably get indicted. before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to be indicted, ford gave him that pardon and everybody was so mad. maybe if ford hadn't pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson then. we would have learned the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible...
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. >> i would go back further being a nixon girl it's a nixon democrats, nixon started the working class.tdestroyed the economy i would agree. >> wage and price controls your exactly right nixon started. larry: law and order, exactly, beat the commies, tough american leadership, what's happening is so much worse than what we sell richard nixon's presidency or reagan's presidency.beca america is literally hanging by a thread this is the tipping point of decades of this marxist assault on the country and we've now reached the logical and and that requires tremendously strong american leadership not traditional establishment gophm politics. larry: drainen the swamp.do larry:na quickly, do you think e average family working folks believes that america can be turned around and regain its the gait and true greatness. >> if you have the proper leadership and direction. larry: they haven't given up hope? >> were anre n optimistic count. larry: the selection may be about that. >> that's what donald trump needs to drive home optimism of a better day coming. hoping change under obama making america g
. >> i would go back further being a nixon girl it's a nixon democrats, nixon started the working class.tdestroyed the economy i would agree. >> wage and price controls your exactly right nixon started. larry: law and order, exactly, beat the commies, tough american leadership, what's happening is so much worse than what we sell richard nixon's presidency or reagan's presidency.beca america is literally hanging by a thread this is the tipping point of decades of this marxist assault...
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that example like ford's troubles replacing nixon. they very were well known.resident nixon before later running for president himself, and now, as promised we turn to former presidential candidate howard dean, a governor that ran the rnc. >> dnc, please. >> i hope i said dnc. i'm sorry. >> how are you? >> i'm great. >> we had the beat team together and went into a deep dive. in both parties, it's always been understood that if you've been president before, you shouldn't be defending off people at 35, 40%. what do you see here? >> i think this is partly right. i think there's some other things going on, too. the things that are different are that trump has a core group that's not going to dessert him under any circumstances, definitely enough to get him the nomination. it's not enough to win. secondly there's something else at play that wasn't in play in either of those other two races, and that is trump is under indictment. he has 91 charges and he's already been convicted of one charge of falsifying his business expenses -- excuse me -- falsifying his busines
that example like ford's troubles replacing nixon. they very were well known.resident nixon before later running for president himself, and now, as promised we turn to former presidential candidate howard dean, a governor that ran the rnc. >> dnc, please. >> i hope i said dnc. i'm sorry. >> how are you? >> i'm great. >> we had the beat team together and went into a deep dive. in both parties, it's always been understood that if you've been president before, you...
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representatives decided. begin impeachment proceedings against the thirty-seventh president richard nixonng bugs in the headquarters of the democratic party at the watergate hotel during the presidential election campaign. without waiting for impeachment to begin, nixon himself resigned, becoming the only us president to resign early and voluntarily. and i welcome this kind of investigation because people should know donald trump faced impeachment proceedings twice in 2019 and '22. for the first time , he was accused of putting pressure on ukrainian president vladimir zelensky. the second time in incitement of insurrection, which led to the storming of the capitol after presidential elections. both attempts to remove the head of state were unsuccessful. in may 22, joe biden was under threat of impeachment. prosecutors in missouri and louisiana believed the president and other officials would intervene. trump has a good example, pakistan held a surprising general election on thursday. the country's most popular politician, former prime minister imran khan, is in prison. the sentences alrea
representatives decided. begin impeachment proceedings against the thirty-seventh president richard nixonng bugs in the headquarters of the democratic party at the watergate hotel during the presidential election campaign. without waiting for impeachment to begin, nixon himself resigned, becoming the only us president to resign early and voluntarily. and i welcome this kind of investigation because people should know donald trump faced impeachment proceedings twice in 2019 and '22. for the...
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that closest we got was nixon, right?body was furious when gerald ford gave nixon a pardon, rather than waiting for nixon to probably inevitably get indicted. before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to get indicted and ford gave him that pardon, and everybody was so mad. maybe if ford had not pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson them. we would have learned that the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible for the criminal himself, sure, right? but wait years for the country, that has then and forever thereafter to jam up its politics in which we've doubly with accountability under criminal law. politics news and the president was always have a, from that point forward, to go together. but now, here we are. we have lost the luxury that we used to have. we are definitely not alone in the world on this score anymore . and so, yes, tonight, on this broadcast, we are going to be talking about former president donald trump's filing that he
that closest we got was nixon, right?body was furious when gerald ford gave nixon a pardon, rather than waiting for nixon to probably inevitably get indicted. before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to get indicted and ford gave him that pardon, and everybody was so mad. maybe if ford had not pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson them. we would have learned that the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible...
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rather than waiting for nixon to probably inevitably get indicted, before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to get indicted, ford gave him that pardon, and everybody was so mad. maybe if fort hadn't have pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson then. we would have learned that the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible for the criminal himself, sure. but way worse for the country, that has then, and forever after to jam up it's politics, a retrievable, with accountability under the criminal court. politics news and the present news, always having from that point forward, to go together. but now here we are, we have lost the luxury that we used to have. we are definitely not alone in the world on this score anymore. and so yes, tonight on this broadcast, we are going to be talking about former president donald trump's filing that he just made in the u.s. supreme court, claiming to be immune from prosecution for any crimes he might have committed while serving as president. we will be talking about eff
rather than waiting for nixon to probably inevitably get indicted, before nixon could be indicted, he was probably going to get indicted, ford gave him that pardon, and everybody was so mad. maybe if fort hadn't have pardoned nixon, we would have learned our lesson then. we would have learned that the consequences of putting a criminal in the white house are absolutely terrible for the country, terrible for the criminal himself, sure. but way worse for the country, that has then, and forever...