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People. they cannot use their pardon power to obstruct another live criminal inquiry. they cannot use the pardon power as leverage to persuade someone, say, a bob haldeman, from flipping and cooperating with prosecutors and testifying against the president himself. and i say that not because im a legal scholar. i say that because at least that was the impression that even nixon and his own staff labored under during the watergate scandal. thats why haldeman was saying nope, dont say that, dont e...

And i say that not because im a legal scholar. i say that because at least that was the impression that even nixon and his own staff labored under during the watergate scandal. thats why haldeman was saying nope, dont say that, dont even say that, boss. and we know from sam dash saying so, the exchange, if known to the committee at the time, would have justified a separate article of impeachment all by itself. we know that the people who were preparing to impeach and remove nixon from office ove...

Know why. that tape was never produced to the watergate committees in congress who proceeded with impeachment proceedings against nixon. for some reason, i think a logistical reason, i dont know. for some reason that particular tape where he dangles the pardon didnt come out until years later, whereupon sam dash, who was the chief counsel to the senate watergate committee, said had the watergate committee received that particular tape during their investigation, had that specific tape come out, ...

Logistical reason, i dont know. for some reason, that particular tape where he dangles the pardon didnt come out until years later, whereupon sam dash, who was the chief counsel to the senate watergate committee, said had the watergate committee received that particular tape during their investigation, had that specific tape come out, ill quote you from "the new york times," quote, if known to the committee at the time, that would have justified a separate article of impeachment all by itself. s...