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Robert Reich: “Some of us actually remember Richard Nixon and a three-bit, two-bit burglary and the Watergate complex that cover-up.…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
Some of us actually remember Richard Nixon and a three-bit, two-bit burglary and the Watergate complex that cover-up. The cover-up was almost worse the crime -- But the question everybody ask is what did Nixon know and when did he know it? Well, everybody is now asking what did Trump know and when did he know it?
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Robert Reich

Editor's note · Context

Reich draws a parallel between the Watergate scandal and the current situation involving Trump, questioning what Trump knew about Russian interference.

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