#OnThisDay, August 8, in 1974, US President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President effective noon the next day (depicted in Frost/Nixon, 2008)
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THE REASON WE REMEMBER the 1978 #FrostNixon Interview(s) (which started out really slow) is b/c #Nixon declared: "When the president does it, that means it is NOT illegal."
That idea/claim was so SHOCKING to the country (that anyone would think the president was #AboveTheLaw), it is remembered to this day.
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For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
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