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'Nixon created a criminal presidency, built on illegal wiretapping, break-ins ordered in an effort to discredit political opponents and “dirty tricks” that utterly delegitimized the 1972 election. Watergate was the tip of the iceberg. Nixon believed that as president, he was above the law. This is not a subjective conclusion — the man himself made this clear in arguing U.S. v. Nixon before the Supreme Court and, more plainly, when he told David Frost in 1977: “When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal.”

Nixon’s attempt to subvert the presidency and our constitutional system is well worth remembering today, his family’s and friend’s nostalgic feelings notwithstanding. You owed it to your readers to make this clear.'


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nixon-thought-he-was-above-the-law/2013/01/18/20ed22cc-5e7f-11e2-8acb-ab5cb77e95c8_story.html