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>> the wiretapping of his political opponents. >> conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had parti...

blackmail. >> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. >> as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. >> its not just a desire for political power. i...

>> high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. >> the team received an overwhelming mandate from the american voters leaving every state but one, massachusetts . >> it is not just a desire for political power. it is a lost. that is what nixon said. i lust for power. >> the man in the middle, john wesley dean the third. >> i thought the cover-up was going to and after the election. i was wrong. >> i have no prior knowledge of the water great break in. >> is going...

>> our role in the senate select committee was to make disclosures through televised hearings. we had the power of subpoena, the power to put people under oath. >> but congress does not have a prosecutorial function. its only to investigate, to legislate, and to inform. >> by march of 1973, you had the senate select committee pushing for hearings. >> but nixon by and large did not want his aides to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going claim e...

The power to put people under oat but congress does not have a prosecutorial funk. its only to investigate, legislate and to inform >> by march 1973 you had the smart select committee pushing for hearings. >> but nixon by and large did not want aides to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going to claim executive privilege to keep his top aides from testifying. >> a president cant use executive privilege to shield his own criminal conduct. >> nixo...

We had the power to put people under oath, but, congress does not have a prosecutorial function. it is only to investigate, to legislate and to inform. >> by march, 1973, you have the senate select committee pushing for hearings. >> nixon by and large did not want to testify. >> people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going to claim executive privilege to keep his top aides from testifying. >> a president cant use executive privilege to shield his own criminal co...

>> it was most unsettling to me about the video that you just showed. heres the president speaking through clenched teeth, rage, evident on his face as he talks about this prosecution surrounded by generals, admirals, all of the senior military leadership as he contemplate taking military action following the syrian use of chemical weapons. i was reminded of the situation after the watergate crisis began rolling, during the october 1973 war. and there was great concern, in the administration at ...