Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 925-005
Date: Tuesday, May 22, 1973 at 9:27 AM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Burger, Warren E.
Recording device: Oval Office
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/925-005

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[0:00] Oh.
[0:00] Well, I just wanted to thank you for your call, which I got the number from this morning, and the way she will in her next four years.
[0:11] You see, we didn't have to run for it.
[0:19] Right.
[0:21] Right, right.
[0:26] Yeah.
[0:29] That's very thoughtful.
[0:30] That's very thoughtful.
[0:31] And let me just say, I know you, as a great jurist, probably, and as a politician, are actually concerned about the, oh, that it will pass and I will survive.
[0:47] I just want you to know that.
[0:52] You know, this thing is, though, without a person getting too into it, but as a lawyer, as a judge, it must just shock you to see this whole trial in the public, you know.
[1:06] I'm better than leaving out John Mitchell and calling him a nerd.
[1:10] But even the trial of the president, you know, today.
[1:13] Well, no, I think they were right to whack him.
[1:15] But, you know, I didn't see how these guys could get a fair trial, you know.
[1:20] They're all about getting evicted.
[1:29] You know, the hearsay and all that.
[1:32] Some days, somebody doesn't have to have one of those problems.
[1:34] You know, you get to see, oh my God, you see all these, everybody, we bring you to the chamber.
[1:46] Yeah.
[1:56] Yeah.
[1:56] Well, let me say that the main thing is, the main thing is that we'll pass.
[2:02] My heart goes out to those people who, with the best of intentions, are overzealous.
[2:05] But as I'm sure you know, I'll tell you, if I could have spent a little more time being a politician last year, and one less time being president, I would have kicked their butts out.
[2:17] But I didn't know where we were going.
[2:23] There we go.