Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "Trump's Bonkers Superseding Indictment: They Tried to Delete the Video!" video.
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If you’re referring to the 18 minute gap in the tapes, I have some thoughts.
Material on the rest of the tapes that Nixon turned over was damning enough to warrant both political impeachment/conviction, and criminal indictment/conviction. They had Nixon dead to rights.
But a deal was made (or the fix was in, if you prefer). Nixon resigned without putting up a fuss and his successor (Ford) pardoned him, protecting him from criminal prosecution.
So what does this have to do with the 18-minutes? I’d like to suggest some possibilities. First of all, it is quite possible that the 18-minutes contained national security information that was so sensitive that it not only had to be redacted, but the redaction also had to be concealed. Second, it’s possible that the 18-minutes contained non-criminal but embarrassing or scandalous material. Lastly, we should consider the possibility(and most unlikely one, but still a possibility) that the 18-minutes were erased accidentally. 😂
I don’t know if Nixon was a better criminal than Trump. He was certainly smarter—he made a deal and avoided criminal charges. At the time, most people thought it was a good deal all around. It would spare the country a traumatic trial if Nixon would just resign in disgrace, get the hell out of DC, and quietly hide in San Clemente.
Trump could have made a deal in 2001, returning the documents and flipping on his January 6th co-conspirators. Hahahaha, who am I kidding? Trump is too dumb to ever make a deal that involved admitting he was wrong.
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