Nixon Concedes Mistakes of Heart in Watergate Interview
Former president Richard Nixon said he lied about Watergate and made wrong choices that let the American people down. In a 90 minute Frost interview he insisted he committed no crime, blamed faulty judgment, and vowed he would never grovel before enemies. He acknowledged “mistakes of the heart” yet defended his actions as political containment.
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