Two things:
1) How very, very different the lives of the powerful are from normal people. Nixon is largely causally responsible for thousands upon thousands of deaths, including U.S. soldiers. He did it largely for personal gains. No one will care about this as much as they care about Watergate.
He was not held accountable at the time because of possible disruptions of other powerful peoples' (Johnson and Humphrey) plans. Utterly astounding (not in a good way).
2) What must a person, powerful or otherwise, be like to put personal gain ahead of the lives and well-being of so many people? Really - I honestly can't conceive of it.
Note: Very similar though not identical comments apply to LBJ in starting the war.
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