It was a small Northeast Tennessee newspaper editor, the late Richard D. Smyser, of The Oak Ridger, who asked the question that got the answer.
It was at a newspaper convention in Orlando.
The question was fairly innocuous, but the answer was inculpatory. Nixon had a guilty conscience, and resigned before the House of Representativevs got to vote out impeachment charges.
When I think of Nixon, I am reminded of other crooked Republicans and Tinpot Napoleons, including disgraced ex-President DONALD JOHN TRUMP; disgraced Anderson County Sheriff Dennis O. Trotter, later sentenced to federal prison; and disgraceful former St. Johns County Sheriff DAVID SHOAR, who legally changed his name from "HOAR" in 1994.
Video here: https://abcnews.go.com/Archives/video/nov-17-1973-nixon-crook-12112664
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