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Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.
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Interview with David Frost (19 May 1977) (video); printed in The New York Times (20 May 1977), p. A16; also in "Nixon's Views on Presidential Power: Excerpts from an Interview with David Frost", referring to the Huston Plan and views of presidential authority.

 

Richard Nixon

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