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Today in History: President Richard Nixon Said "I am Not a Crook" at the Contemporary Resort

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In November of 1973, then-President Richard Nixon agreed to take part in a televised question-and-answer session conducted by more than 400 journalists from the Associated Press. Weirdly enough, the conference was held at the Ballroom of the Americas inside the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World in Florida. And . . . well, the event quickly became famous for all the wrong reasons.
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Nixon Gave His Watergate Speech at the Contemporary Resort

That ‘I am not a crook’ line you’ve heard ten thousand times? It was delivered at a press conference in Disney’s Ballroom of the Americas.
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Nixon insists that he is “not a crook” | November 17, 1973 | HISTORY

In the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of ...
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