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Wow: Trump Told Russians That Firing 'Nut Job' Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation

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Cheechako5/19/2017 3:33:00 pm PDT

I was around during the Nixon impeachment proceedings. It was very different in those olden days. No instant communications. We got our info via the nightly network news or from newspapers. One could also listen to the radio (what’s that?) or watch the hearings on PBS if you were home. No TVs in the work space. I remember it was a long and tedious event. I don’t think anyone was surprised at the outcome. It never was the crime. It was the cover-up.

And a comment about Ford pardoning Nixon. A lot of people were aghast. IIRC correctly, I remember Ford making a statement to the effect that he “did not want to occupy the Oval Office while his predecessor occupied a jail cell”. Ford felt it gave the image that the us was a banana republic to the free world. I can understand this position.