has so aroused your anger? don t get the impression that you arouse my anger. [ laughter ] one can only be angry with those he respects. mr. president, mr. president finally, a drastic step. nothing like this has ever happened before. their offices have been sealed by the fbi. a mass firing of the men pursuing the tapes. the saturday night massacre. the news calls the sensation in the white house press room and sent reporters scrambling for their telephones. a grave and profound crisis in which the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. does it have to do with the resignation of the attorney general? well, it might. by the time it was over, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, and the special prosecutor were all out. the bipartisan american
it was a bombshell. the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. had it not been for the tapes, i m convinced richard nixon would have completed his second term. instead, richard nixon would spend the rest of his presidency trying to keep anyone from hearing them. he fought subpoena after subpoena. i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting. even as he tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? don t get the impression that you arouse my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. mr. president, mr. president finally, a drastic step. nothing like this has ever happened before. their offices have been sealed by the fbi. a mass firing of the men pursuing the tapes.
by the fbi. a mass firing of the men pursuing the case. the saturday night massacre. the news caused a sen communication and sent the press reporters scrambling to their telephones. a grave and profound crisis, which the president said against himself and the attorney general. does it have to do with the resignation of attorney general? it might. by the time it was over the attorney general, deputy attorney general, and the special prosecutor were all out. the bipartisan american outbreak changes the politics of the situation for richard nixon. tens of thousands of telegrams flooded washington. western union. most of them demanding impeaching richard nixon. ics innen was forced to appoint a new special prosecutor. as if months went on, bit by bit, he was forced to turn tover
television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? don t get the impression that you arouse my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. mr. president, mr. president finally, a drastic step. nothing like this has ever happened before. their offices have been sealed by the fbi. a mass firing of the men pursuing the tapes. the saturday night massacre. the news calls the sensation in the white house press room and sent reporters scrambling for their telephones. a grave and profound crisis in which the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. does it have to do with the resignation of the attorney general? well, it might. by the time it was over, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, and the special prosecutor were all out.
mr. president. finally, a drastic step. nothing like this has ever happened before. the offices have been sealed by the fbi. a mass firing of the men pursuing the tapes. the saturday night massacre. the news sent reporters scrambling for their telephones. a profound crisis in which the president set himself against his own attorney general in the department of justice. does it have to do with the resignations attorney general? it might. the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and the special prosecutor were all out. it changes the politics of the situation for richard nixon.