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Sir: Would you agree with Mr. Ford that defiance of
Congress, a stonewalling of the Judiciary, could result in
impeachment?
A:
No useful purpose is served by my making predictions or
projections about a hypothetical situation. My hope is that just as
we have cooperated with the Judiciary, just as we have provided materials
and offers consistent with our responsibilities, that they will similarly
recognize that the Presidency is likewise a co-equal branch of
Government with Congress. And that by sending a resolution of
impeachment by a simple majority vote from the floor of the House
to the House Judiciary does not automatical 1y mean the President no
longer has any rights to defend the confidentiality of his office.
Let me put it this way. The Hous e Judiciary would agree they
do not have the right to come down with a U-Haul trailor and clean
out the files, and truck them back up to the Hill for review. We would
agree that it might be constitutionally impossible to say that the House
Judiciary is not entitled to a single sheet of paper, or the testimony
of a single witness. Somewhere between those extremes, reasonable
men can find common ground there which will neither insult the House
nor subordinate the Presidency. We think we have come far down
the road to the mid-way point; we are ready to compromise, we are
only unwilling to surrender the rights of the Presidency.
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