Washington Post (July 28)
“Everyone knows, as the Watergate scandal drove home: The coverup is always worse than the crime. Everyone, that is, but Trump.” Should “the allegations in the latest indictment of Donald Trump hold up, the former president is a common criminal — and an uncommonly stupid one.”
Tags: Allegations, Common criminal, Coverup, Crime, Indictment, Scandal, Stupid, Trump, Watergate, Worse
CNN (February 1)
Richard Nixon “proved unable to shut down an FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in and ultimately resigned over the attempted coverup.” Some “extreme Nixonites” believe President Nixon “should have fought harder. Trump, who loves to talk about himself as a fighter, isn’t making that mistake. For this reason, we should expect more of the same…and a deepening crisis for the nation. All of this in service to one man’s state of mind.”
Washington Post (June 16)
Forty years ago, the Watergate saga unfolded, ultimately toppling President Richard Nixon. The episode left a deep scar on the American psyche. “Nixon and the Watergate episode did great, perhaps irreparable, harm to the American spirit…. The flag our forefathers raised on the moral high ground looked suddenly shabby and soiled.” Distrust of government and “the presumption of corruption” became the new norm. Today, that distrust continues. We are “a country without faith or trust in its institutions—from the presidency to Congress to the judiciary.”
Tags: Corruption, Distrust, Government, Nixon, U.S., Watergate
