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"They had forgotten, if they ever knew, that the Constitution is designed to be a law for rulers and people alike at all times and under all circumstances; and that no doctrine involving more pernicious consequences to the commonweal has ever been invented by the wit of man than the notion that any of its provisions can be suspended by the President for any reason whatsoever.

“On the contrary, they apparently believed that the President is above the Constitution, and has the autocratic power to suspend its provisions if he decides in his unreviewable judgment that his actions in so doing promotes his own political interests or the welfare of the nation. As one of them testified before the Senate Select Committee, they believed that the President has the autocratic power to suspend the Fourth Amendment whenever he imagines that some indefinable aspect of national security is involved.”
Senator Sam J. Ervin, The Senate Watergate Report, Carroll & Graf, 2005, page 13.


There is an old saying that the cover-up is worse than the crime which became popular in the post-Watergate era. I can think of no greater example of an old saying being wrong. For the series of crimes that are collectively known as “Watergate” were far more dangerous to our country than was the cover-up – despite more of the Nixon administration were incarcerated for the cover-up than the original crimes.

The genesis of Watergate began in 1970, with the infamous Huston Plan. It spread in June of '71, when the USSC ruled 6 to 3 that the NY Times could publish the “Pentagon Papers.” Concerns about “leaks” led to wiretapping within the administration, and the formation of “the plumbers.” In June of '72, operatives connected to Nixon's re-election campaign were arrested for the break-in to the DNC's headquarters in the Watergate complex.

It would not be until the summer of '74 when Nixon finally resigned in disgrace. The 26 months between the break-in and resignation seemed to last forever. I remember the frustration that my generation experienced, believing at that time that Nixon was the very worst man who could ever hold the office of American president. Lately, of course, we experience that same frustration. I, for one, find myself thinking of one of Jimi's lyrics: “I have been here before, in days of old. And that is why I'm so concerned.”

Trying to hide the Epstein scandal files is similar to the White House refusing to release Nixon's tapes. The republicans in DC were as entrenched as the maga today, up until the House committee voted on articles of impeachment. I could go on and on, but will instead point out that the cast of criminal characters in that era were of superior capability to the current den of thieves. And the USSC was more just.

Just as Nixon had a prolonged mental melt-down as more and more evidence surfaced, the felon is decaying. In November of '73, he told a gathering of journalists at Disney World in Florida that, “in all my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook.” But more and more people recognized he was a crook.

The felon's message on Christmas made “I am not a crook” sound like the Gettysburg Address, despite no one mistaking Nixon for a stable genius. Rather, one can assess these types of rants as an accurate measure of mental decay accelerating under pressure. It comes at a time when friends and associates find it difficult to pretend everything is under control.

Like the felon, Nixon only had one friend in adult life, Charles “Bebe” Rebozo, a Florida banker. Thus, even among the republicans in the House and Senate, no one actually liked him. Any support of Nixon was entirely based upon self-interests in their political careers. At a certain point, various republicans would peel away. The felon, of course, has only had one friend in his adult life, Jeffrey Epstein, who laundered money through banks. The felon and the pre-dead Epstein both recognized the other was a snake. The post-dead Epstein's ghost is the files that have the felon twisting slowly in the wind.

There were some mighty talented investigators uncovering Nixon's crimes. Though the felon has tried to fire all of the talented prosecutors who had any connection with investigations, two things stand out: first, there still are some in the DOJ, and second, those who have been fired are not powerless. For example, the current DOJ was aware of the million-plus documents in the New York office, but hoped no one else was. But their luck didn't hold, making it so they announced this “find” after a fired former prosecutor reminded them. If they had not, it would have been “leaked” to the media.

Speaking of the Comey family and associates, there are a number of people that the felon cannot fire that are coordinating with staff in some Democrats' offices to expel the felon from the Oval Office. This includes an effort to make Jack Smith's second report public. This effort will gain steam in 2026, much in the manner that the Epstein's victims' campaign did this year. It is now a matter of how many republicans get on board. Those opting to not run for re-election are likely the most likely to turn. They dislike the felon, and blame him for what will happen in the mid-terms.

The release of more Epstein scandal files will provide more reasons for all but the most malignant of the felon's supporters to turn on him. Not all of them will publicly oppose him, they will not lift a finger to help him. Look for other leaks on things such as Mr. Smith's report, since there are copies of various evidence elsewhere, that he used to build his foundation. These will flood the political environment as November approaches.