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IRS, EPA computer crashes prompt question — Has Obama ‘burned the tapes?’

By Mark Tapscott
Published June 26, 2014 12:58pm ET
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IRS, EPA computer crashes prompt question — Has Obama ‘burned the tapes?’
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen testifies before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers continue their probe of whether Tea Party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday. The sign in the background was displayed by the Republican majority staff of the committee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner) | Graeme Jennings

For reasons known only to Richard Nixon, the disgraced former president refused to burn the Watergate tapes despite being urged to do so by then-Secretary of the Treasury John Connally.

Connally wasn’t alone in that opinion, as renowned defense lawyer Edward Bennett Williams held the same view, according to former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee.

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