ALS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, August 24, 2000. Letter to William Santora, in full: "You ask various questions concerning the Watergate affairs. I shall try to answer them but full answers would require a book. The offenses alleged to have been committed by President Nixon were proper grounds for impeachment by the House of Representatives, I think; and the evidence warranted actual impeachment. Whether conviction by the Senate would have been proper depends upon what the evidence, including his defense, was at the trial by the Senate. In my opinion it was President Nixon's legal duty to comply with the court order to produce the specified tapes. In my opinion, which I presented to the courts, there was no unconstitutional invasion of Presidential privacy. For me to comment generally on the Watergate affair would require me to write a whole book. I hope that the above answers to your specific questions will be helpful to you." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. A fascinating letter from the special prosecutor of the Watergate scandal. When Cox subpoenaed the tapes President Nixon had secretly recorded of his Oval Office conversations, Nixon refused to comply and, in a public relations nightmare, forced the removal of Cox on October 20, 1973, an incident that became known as the Saturday Night Massacre.
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