Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 034-137
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 1972 at 8:16 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rush, [David] Kenneth
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/034-137

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[0:00] Yeah.
[0:01] Mr. President, I have Secretary Rush calling you.
[0:05] Oh, fine.
[0:06] Thank you.
[0:06] All right.
[0:08] There's the President.
[0:09] Thank you.
[0:10] Hello, Mr. President.
[0:11] Hi, Ken.
[0:11] Yeah.
[0:12] This bastard has been doing this off and on for years, I find.
[0:16] Yeah.
[0:16] He's a civil servant.
[0:18] Oh.
[0:18] We cannot fire him.
[0:20] Yep.
[0:20] But what we can do is remove him from all of his responsibilities and begin to file charges against him tomorrow.
[0:27] I've ordered them to prepare charges starting tonight.
[0:29] All right, good.
[0:30] And go after him tomorrow.
[0:32] That's the thing to do.
[0:32] We're not going to allow this sort of thing to happen.
[0:35] The civil service charges may take a year to get through.
[0:37] But meanwhile, we can relieve him of all responsible...
[0:39] But he's been doing it for years, huh?
[0:41] He's been doing it for years.
[0:42] He has a lot of friends on the Hill, it turns out.
[0:44] And he's been getting by with this thing for a long, long time.
[0:48] Uh-huh.
[0:49] But we've got to move on him, don't you agree?
[0:51] I do agree, yes.
[0:52] Okay.
[0:52] I think this is very bad.
[0:54] All right.
[0:54] Take him on.
[0:55] Okay.
[0:56] Thank you, Mr. President.