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Headquarters, subvert the independence of independent Federal agencies, and obstruct justice and the Constitution at every turn.
For those of us who are old enough to have followed the Watergate events, reporting, and investigations in real-time, it is remembered as the worst of times and the best of times. Worst because the American Presidency had never sunk to such a low state. Best because the essential role of a free press .
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