from the Slobby administration who are all on the wrong side of the law.

As Lord Krishna says about himself and other Avatars in the Bhagavad Gita: To correct wrongdoing and restore righteousness, I appear from age to age - Cassidy Hutchinson - and Alex Butterfield before her - might be called Avatars of our democracy.

Butterfield was a minor White House scheduler or some such. He had been put in charge of setting up the taping system of The Oval Office when in 1972 Nixon decided to record all conversations made there. Butterfield later wanted to quit because he thought Nixon was a boob but Nixon appointed him head of The FAA months before the Watergate Hearings. So Butterfield was gone from the White House. John Dean flipped and testified for many days telling all about the "Nixon White House Horrors" without knowing....for certain... of any taping system. Nixon's people were screaming LIAR, LIAR about him constantly. Butterfield knew about the taping system. Come forward? Nope.

Dean apparently said he thought there might be recordings made in The Oval Office so committee investigators started pulling in White House employees, swearing them in and questioning them behind closed doors. They question Butterfield and .... Bingo. Even then Butterfield asked not to have to testify.

"As soon as he revealed this to the committee staffers, he asked them not to call him to publicly testify. .....To reveal the existence of the tapes would be a threat to national security, he told them."

BTW, Nixon's people were constantly trying to withhold info based on.... National Security.

So Butterfield was no hero and he did not ever ..."Come Forward." He just testified when subpoenaed.

As soon as it was revealed there was a tape system the next question was.... who is the liar? John Wesley Dean III or Richard Nixon. Tapes revealed Dean's testimony was incredibly accurate.

And that, boys and girls, was the end of the affair.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/06/28/surprise-witness-watergate-butterfield/

And BTW, I watched the Watergate Hearings live. Nearly every word. I was a college boy and my classes broke right around the 2 daily, televised sessions.

If the subject of Watergate ever comes up I usually say, Watergate? Ask me anything. Also, it almost never comes up any more.

I'll look at the WaPo article. I was in my early 20s during Watergate, having received my draft notice and very attuned to the hearings.

I wonder if they will make other changes.

Finally someone said it. As least the first time I heard a GOPer say it.

and willingness to speak clearly and intelligently about what has happened and her own personal feelings.

I had watched Rachel's discussions also and didn't expect to see much new. This was an exceptional interview.

She's doing what so many cowardly Republicans won't do.... but she probably doesn't have the kind of baggage to leverage over.

done nothing but drag on Cassidy Hutchinson to pop up here. I believe she helped shame the DOJ into appointing Jack Smith. She dumped her tRump paid attorney and found a path to tell the truth to the J6 committee in spite of her own father advising her not to do it. I look forward to seeing where she goes from here. I’m genuinely surprised by the vitriol I am seeing on this board for her. Purity tests don’t serve us, imo.

Watched it live and am glad I can watch it again. And that others will too.