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Richard Nixon: “On May 22 I said that at no time did I authorize any offer of executive clemency for the Watergate defendants, nor did I…”

On the recordAugust 14, 1973
On May 22 I said that at no time did I authorize any offer of executive clemency for the Watergate defendants, nor did I know of any such offer.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About the Watergate Investigations

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