Commentary: I worked on the Bill Clinton probe. He deserved impeaching. Trump's actions are even worse
by Paul Rosenzweig, Los Angeles Times
Nov 05, 2019
3 minutes
In Washington, it is an article of faith that "the cover-up" is always worse than the crime. President Trump has upset that notion.
Up to now, the conventional wisdom had a lot of empirical grounding: There is no evidence, for example, that President Nixon knew of the Watergate break-in in advance. He resigned from office because he covered up a "third-rate burglary" that he had no role in planning or carrying out.
Likewise, President Clinton engaged in a tawdry affair with intern Monica Lewinsky -
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