Changes
To be fair, GWB was also hated by globalists or at least the globalist left (just ask George Lucas and Hollywood during his presidency), yet he was a globalist himself. That said, he's more of a pragmatist than a true globalist.
Amidst the charges that Nixon illegally misused the [[IRS]] to harass enemies, the IRS promptly turned around and audited a sitting president to display its independence.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/26/irs-chief-defied-nixon/2360951/ Former IRS chief recalls defying Nixon], David Dykes, ''USA Today'', May 26, 2013.</ref> Nixon's $576,000 deduction - nearly three times his annual salary - meant he paid virtually no taxes for several years. The IRS found nothing wrong and gave him a clean bill of health, but the press implied Nixon was unscrupulous. This is when Nixon made his famous remark in a press conference with 400 [[Associated Press]] managing editors:
{{Cquote|People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/111873-1.htm Nixon Tells Editors, 'I'm Not a Crook'], By Carroll Kilpatrick, ''Washington Post'', November 18, 1973.</ref>}}
As is readily apparent, Nixon's statement had nothing to do whatsoever with the Watergate burglary. But it was raw meat for a [[bias]]ed, [[liberal]] media to impugn Nixon and somehow make the connection in the public's mind, which til until now had difficulty understanding what, if anything, Nixon did wrong in either Watergate or his tax troubles. To this day, "scholars" and "reputable journalists" still attempt to link the context of Nixon's remarks to Watergate.
The IRS re-opened the audit. Nixon again asked the JCT to look into the matter. By then, the notorious [[segregation]]ist Sen. Sam Ervin was becoming an afternoon television matinee idol of the left with his Senate Watergate Hearings.
