Nixon Shouldn’t Have Resigned - Khachigian chief speechwriter to Ronald Reagan

Even John Dean, who had cooperated with prosecutors and Senate investigators as White House counsel, has since acknowledged that the “smoking gun” was “shooting blanks”—that Nixon and Haldeman only sought to protect anonymous campaign contributions the Justice Department already agreed were outside the scope of the FBI’s Watergate break-in investigation.

He wrote nine bestselling books and collaborated with me in the 1980 and 1984 presidential campaigns to provide private and unofficial advice to Ronald Reagan. Bill Clinton has acknowledged that Nixon provided welcome advice during his presidency. 

Kenneth L. Khachigian Wall Street Journal 7 August 2024

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nixon-shouldnt-have-resigned-history-vindicates-my-1974-view-40f1592c

Mr. Khachigian was chief speechwriter to Ronald Reagan, an aide to Richard Nixon and is author of the memoir “Behind Closed Doors: In the Room With Reagan and Nixon.”