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Prior to Nixon, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_library#History all presidential papers were considered the personal property of the president].
Prior to Nixon, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_library#History all presidential papers were considered the personal property of the president].
Dean's allegation gave further impetus among Democrats, Congressional investigators, and [[public opinion]] to terminate Nixon's presidency early, either through [[impeachment]] or pressure on him to resign.<ref>http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/F8723E3606CD79EC85256FF6006F82C3?OpenDocument "Mills, vice chair of the JCT, even predicted that the findings about the president's taxes would force Nixon to resign. To diffuse the issue from being part of the call for impeachment, Nixon said publicly on several occasions his willingness to pay any tax amount for which the committee found him deficient (WSJ, April 1, 1974). "</ref> Impeachment or resignation would tar Nixon with enough stigma to blunt his blind ambition.
John Dean's allegation gave further impetus among Democrats, Congressional investigators, and [[public opinion]] to terminate Nixon's presidency early, either through [[impeachment]] or pressure on him to resign.<ref>http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/F8723E3606CD79EC85256FF6006F82C3?OpenDocument "Mills, vice chair of the JCT, even predicted that the findings about the president's taxes would force Nixon to resign. To diffuse the issue from being part of the call for impeachment, Nixon said publicly on several occasions his willingness to pay any tax amount for which the committee found him deficient (WSJ, April 1, 1974). "</ref> Impeachment or resignation would tar Nixon with enough stigma to blunt his blind ambition.
Nixon's ability to fund raise for his Presidential Library with private donations, as the law required, coupled with abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were chilling.
Nixon's ability to fund raise for his Presidential Library with private donations, as the law required, coupled with abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were chilling.