“Fox & Friends” cohost Will Cain referenced Richard Nixon when asking about a president’s ability to declassify documents, the inquiry coming during a segment with Bill Bennett, who served as secretary of education under Ronald Reagan.
(Video: Fox News)
The topic of discussion was the FBI’s unprecedented raid last week on the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump and the liberal media was quick to quote Cain to associate Trump’s name with that of Nixon.
“You’ve been around, you’ve covered and been within administrations for quite some decades,” Cain said. “You know, if I listen to alternative media today, they’re saying, ‘Oh, classified documents, no one is above the law, right, the rule of law applies to everyone.’ I’m curious, when it comes to classified documents, famously, President Nixon said, if the president does it, then it is not illegal. Is that not truly the standard when it comes to classified documents? The president has the ability to, at any time, declassify anything?”
“The president does. There’s a procedure that the president must follow, but the president can declassify these documents,” Bennett said. “We cannot exaggerate the importance of this situation and the deadly seriousness of it. This is a former president of the United States, very possibly the candidate for president on the Republican side against Joe Biden or whoever it is in 2024. If you look at the various acts that are suggested being violated, one of them is the Espionage Act, accusing a former president, a future candidate for president of espionage.”
The host of “The Bill Bennett Show” podcast went on to say indications are that the raid smacks of a fishing expedition tied to January 6, 2021, by those who refuse to see Trump as legitimate.
“Everybody is talking about the affidavit, the affidavit will clarify what justified the warrant. I’m not so sure. I think it could still be very general and very vague,” Bennett said. “You know, sober authorities like Andy McCarthy have said, ‘Look, this is beginning to feel very much like a fishing expedition.’ They went down there to get whatever they could, to find out whatever they could use against President Trump, former President Trump, and Andy McCarthy believes and many people believe it’s about January 6th.”
“The larger picture, very quickly, is a crisis of legitimacy in this country. The liberals, the progressives feel that Donald Trump is not a legitimate person, not a legitimate candidate, wasn’t a legitimate president, and his followers, not much better,” he continued. “Conservatives, on the other hand, believe that by the actions of this government, it has delegitimized itself, the FBI is not what the FBI should be. Maybe we’ll get some clarification from that affidavit. I’m not so sure. Let’s wait and see.”
As might be expected, the reference to Richard Nixon had liberals frothing at the mouth… here’s a quick sampling of some of those responses from Twitter:
Imagine thinking quoting Nixon is how you prove you’re innocent.
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) August 14, 2022
Holy cow! This was widely considered the worst thing Nixon every said and proof positive of his corruption. But, hey, @FoxNews that’s sort of your jam, isn’t it? The whole backing corruption at any cost, anytime, anywhere without regard for the republic. Cool cool cool cool cool https://t.co/lklOmxrUAe
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 14, 2022
It was untrue, delusional & dangerous when Nixon said that. It is still untruer & more dangerous applied to violations of the Expionage Act along with Obstruction and violations of the Presidential Records Act, created to protect documents after Nixon tried to profit from tapes. https://t.co/mnClOKcvyZ
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) August 15, 2022
The US Congress voted overwhelmingly—412 to 3—to approve findings that Richard Nixon committed crimes, abused his power, and should have been removed from office had he not resigned. https://t.co/XwTtMYDNno
— Christian Vanderbrouk 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌻 (@UrbanAchievr) August 14, 2022
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