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Does America owe Richard Nixon an apology?
https://www.conservativebookclub.com/123...rd-says-so
New book. Controversial claim is that Nixon and his aides rights were violated.
...What three takeaways would you like readers to leave with after reading your book?
First, there were flagrant due process violations in the Watergate trials that resulted in criminal convictions of President Nixon’s top three aides: John Mitchell, Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. These are hopelessly tainted verdicts and should not be allowed to stand.
Second, at a time of intense political turmoil, judges and prosecutors broke their oaths of office and engaged in political vendettas. It happened against Republicans, but could as easily have targeted Democrats. In exceptionally troubled times, our Bill of Rights failed to protect the accused. Why and how that occurred should trouble all Americans, not just conservatives.
Third, once Watergate’s hype has been put to rest, we should take another look at the Nixon presidency and all that was accomplished. He came into office in very trying times, but turned out to be one of our great presidents.
When doing your research, what was the most shocking thing you discovered?
I don’t know which is the more shocking: that Watergate judges were getting together in secret with prosecutors to affect the outcome of the trial – or that the lead prosecutor was memorializing their agreements in his confidential files....
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RE: Does America owe Richard Nixon an apology?
Pretty much what I have been saying. From where I sit, the special prosecutor rules essentially violate the constitutional rights of the target because they create a bias toward guilt. A special prosecutor feels like a failure if he finds no wrong doing, so he continues to dig until he thinks he can find something (really anything) to prosecute. In any other field of law we call that harassment and it is illegal. Half the time, the only conviction a target gets is some sort of prosecution that is derived from a mistake made in trying to comply with the actual investigation. In other words, there was no crime until the investigation continued to harass a person into making a mistake. Its like a policeman following behind a driver. If he follows the driver long enough, he'll eventually find some reason to give him a ticket.
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2017 03:14 PM by Attackcoog.)
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