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Stuart G

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6. Yes, it was news for a long time. Most important there was a 18 minute gap in the tapes.

Reply to uponit7771 (Original post)

Tue Mar 26, 2019, 11:44 AM

Mar 2019

So the tapes eventually were discovered and released to the committee investigating Watergate. When played, the tapes had a 18 minute gap, somehow the tapes had been erased. It is speculated that Nixon erased the tapes himself because the tapes contained damaging evidence against Nixon
...Nothing was ever proven, but as we know, Nixon eventually resigned in August of 1974. The key for me, was not the erased tapes, but the fact that Nixon resigned. If I recall, Nixon said a few weeks earlier, that he would not resign, but he did. Nixon resigned August 9, 1974.

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QUESTION: How long were the Nixon Tapes a news issue during the 70s? [View all] uponit7771 Mar 2019 OP

I was a kid SHRED Mar 2019 #1

Cool thx !! uponit7771 Mar 2019 #5

A long time blogslut Mar 2019 #2

The quest for the missing 18 minutes lasted a long time. Lots of speculation about that. Arkansas Granny Mar 2019 #3

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2019 #4

Yes, it was news for a long time. Most important there was a 18 minute gap in the tapes. Stuart G Mar 2019 #6

+1, thx ... it looks like Nixon's AR from Gallup with in the mid 20s during that whole time ... uponit7771 Mar 2019 #7

His approval rating when he resigned was I think 23 percent Stuart G Mar 2019 #8

+1, the case of insurance and bank fraud look to be a good case for prosecution uponit7771 Mar 2019 #9

We knew about the taping system since the summer '73. shanny Mar 2019 #10

So it took a while, I'm thinking the Mueller Report is Nixon Tapes 2.0 ... looks like Moscow Mitch uponit7771 Mar 2019 #11

I think that report--in its entirety, not the skewed cliff notes version-- shanny Mar 2019 #12

+1, the more they're silent on getting the full report out in a week or two the more things look lik uponit7771 Mar 2019 #13

I really, really doubt that either rump or any minions shanny Mar 2019 #15

The difference is that Nixon was still under full investigation and the tapes were integral to that Poiuyt Mar 2019 #14