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That sounds like someone wants to hide the evidence.

lokar 7mo ago
As weird as it seems (to me anyway) there has always been a group of conservative republicans who maintain that Nixon did nothing wrong and all of the restrictions on the president passed then are inappropriate.
- sixothree 7mo ago
  Of course they didn't want us to see that evidence for ourselves, or have any hearings whatsoever.
- cogman10 7mo ago
  One of them, Roger Stone, worked on the trump campaign and has a Nixon tattoo on his back.
  - hypeatei 7mo ago
    Also: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-obstruction-false-statements-and-witness-tampering https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-... > Stone was found guilty of obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and tampering with a witness
    - dylan604 7mo ago
      And then pardoned by Trump
      - salawat 7mo ago
        ...Were those judiciary findings or legislative? I don't actually think that the President can Pardon someone incarcerated by the Legislature. Maybe the solution to all this mess is for Congress to finally flex the Sergeant-at-Arms position. While there is a delegation to the Department of Justice for efficiency sake, there technically isn't anything preventing the Legislature from doing it's own footwork.
        dylan604 7mo ago
        This Congress? Flex? Against this POTUS? Not going to happen.
  - Hikikomori 7mo ago
    Stone was also involved in the Brooks riot helping getting bush the win. Amy Coney Barret and other supreme judges appointed by Trump were involved in the lawsuit brought to the supreme court. It's the same fucking people.
    - aaronbrethorst 7mo ago
      ACB, Kavanaugh, and Roberts were all on Bush's legal team for Bush v. Gore. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-...
  - _doctor_love 7mo ago
    The Trump/Nixon connection is deep: - https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2020/09/unseen-correspondence-between-nixon-and-trump-on-display-in-special-exhibit-at-the-nixon-library/ https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2020/09/unseen-corresponden... - https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/donald-trump-richard-nixon-pen-pals-420567 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/donald-trump-richar... - https://abc7chicago.com/post/1987-letter-nixons-predict-trump-would-win-office-if-he-ran/1602408/ https://abc7chicago.com/post/1987-letter-nixons-predict-trum...
- smallmancontrov 7mo ago
  It's only weird if you believe they hold their stated values. If instead you infer their values from their actions and extrapolate forwards, you haven't been surprised in 50 years.
- triceratops 7mo ago
  Not weird at all.
- dylan604 7mo ago
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autoexec 7mo ago
That "someone" isn't just Trump. He's 80. He'll be lucky if he lives out the rest of his term. The odds of him still being alive 5 years after his presidency when his records could start to fall into the hands of the public are very very slim. I don't think this is for him and his many many crimes as much as it is being set up for those who will come after him and the many more crimes they have planned for the future.
- jacquesm 7mo ago
  They'll just replace him with the next stooge.

lokar 7mo ago

As weird as it seems (to me anyway) there has always been a group of conservative republicans who maintain that Nixon did nothing wrong and all of the restrictions on the president passed then are inappropriate.

sixothree 7mo ago
Of course they didn't want us to see that evidence for ourselves, or have any hearings whatsoever.
cogman10 7mo ago
One of them, Roger Stone, worked on the trump campaign and has a Nixon tattoo on his back.
- hypeatei 7mo ago
  Also: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-obstruction-false-statements-and-witness-tampering https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/roger-stone-found-guilty-... > Stone was found guilty of obstruction of a congressional investigation, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and tampering with a witness
  - dylan604 7mo ago
    And then pardoned by Trump
    - salawat 7mo ago
      ...Were those judiciary findings or legislative? I don't actually think that the President can Pardon someone incarcerated by the Legislature. Maybe the solution to all this mess is for Congress to finally flex the Sergeant-at-Arms position. While there is a delegation to the Department of Justice for efficiency sake, there technically isn't anything preventing the Legislature from doing it's own footwork.
      - dylan604 7mo ago
        This Congress? Flex? Against this POTUS? Not going to happen.
- Hikikomori 7mo ago
  Stone was also involved in the Brooks riot helping getting bush the win. Amy Coney Barret and other supreme judges appointed by Trump were involved in the lawsuit brought to the supreme court. It's the same fucking people.
  - aaronbrethorst 7mo ago
    ACB, Kavanaugh, and Roberts were all on Bush's legal team for Bush v. Gore. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-...
- _doctor_love 7mo ago
  The Trump/Nixon connection is deep: - https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2020/09/unseen-correspondence-between-nixon-and-trump-on-display-in-special-exhibit-at-the-nixon-library/ https://blog.nixonfoundation.org/2020/09/unseen-corresponden... - https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/donald-trump-richard-nixon-pen-pals-420567 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/23/donald-trump-richar... - https://abc7chicago.com/post/1987-letter-nixons-predict-trump-would-win-office-if-he-ran/1602408/ https://abc7chicago.com/post/1987-letter-nixons-predict-trum...
smallmancontrov 7mo ago
It's only weird if you believe they hold their stated values. If instead you infer their values from their actions and extrapolate forwards, you haven't been surprised in 50 years.
triceratops 7mo ago
Not weird at all.
dylan604 7mo ago
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autoexec 7mo ago

That "someone" isn't just Trump. He's 80. He'll be lucky if he lives out the rest of his term. The odds of him still being alive 5 years after his presidency when his records could start to fall into the hands of the public are very very slim. I don't think this is for him and his many many crimes as much as it is being set up for those who will come after him and the many more crimes they have planned for the future.

jacquesm 7mo ago
They'll just replace him with the next stooge.