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“Here I Am, Copper”
On July 16, 1973, White House aide Alexander Butterfield testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had a secret taping system that recorded conversations and phone calls in the Oval Office. Herblock produced this cartoon shortly after Nixon refused to turn over presidential tape recordings to either the committee or special prosecutor Archibald Cox. As Nixon attempts to barricade himself in his office, the furniture itself appears symbolic of the executive privilege that he defiantly invokes for legal protection.
On July 16, 1973, White House aide Alexander Butterfield testified before the Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had a secret taping system that recorded conversations and phone calls in the Oval Office. Herblock produced this cartoon shortly after Nixon refused to turn over presidential tape recordings to either the committee or special prosecutor Archibald Cox. As Nixon attempts to barricade himself in his office, the furniture itself appears symbolic of the executive privilege that he defiantly invokes for legal protection.