Video: Today (Nov. 17, 1973) is the anniversary of Nixon's 'I am not a crook' speech at Disney World | Orlando | Orlando Weekly
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/arts/today-is-the-anniversary-of-nixons-i-am-n... On Nov. 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon was knee-deep in the Watergate controversy when he arrived at Disney's Contemporary Resort to give his now infamous "I am not a crook" speech. In an attempt to quell the outrage surrounding his presidency's involvement with the scandal, Nixon spoke before the Associated Press Managing Editors annual conference, and it was actually during a Q&A portion of the speech where he blurted out the words that would ultimately define his legacy. ---- In other news, it would have been somewhat hilarious, if Orlando was sending a signal to the Universe on our SEC pension wistle blowing: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/musks-twitter-buyout-challenged... Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc. was challenged in a lawsuit by a Florida pension fund that argues the deal can’t close before 2025 because Musk was an “interested shareholder” in the social-networking platform. The Orlando Police Pension Fund filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday. According to the complaint, Musk had agreements with other major Twitter shareholders -- including founder Jack Dorsey -- to rely on their holdings when offering to take the company private last month. Those arrangements triggered a Delaware law that calls for a three-year delay in closing such deals, the fund ...
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