Thought the internets needed a more visually entertaining version of this presidential conversation. From March 21, 1973, taped in the Oval Office between President Nixon and John Dean, the White House Counsel.
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President Nixon: How much money do you need?
Dean: I would say these people are going to cost a million dollars over the next two years.
Short pause.
President Nixon: We could get that.
Dean: Mm-hmm.
President Nixon: If you—on the money, if you need the money, I mean, you could get the money fairly easily.
Dean: Well, I think that we’re--
President Nixon: What I meant is, you could get a million dollars. And you could get it in cash. I know where it could be gotten.
Dean: Mm-hmm.
President Nixon: I mean, it’s not easy, but it could be done.