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Why was the press so much

more robust in the 1970s

than the prestige press

seems to be in the 2020s?

Well,

I don't know

if it was more robust,

certainly in the case

of The Washington Post,

that they resisted,

and I wish

the justices would do the same.

As I said,

I think the news department

continues

to operate independently,

and it's doing a great job,

admirable job of investigating

what's happening

in this administration.

And yet he has sought to repair

his relationship

with Trump,

by doing all sorts of things.

The first one being: the killing

an endorsement of Kamala Harris.

And then, of course,

donating to the inauguration

and appearing at the inauguration;

agreeing to a contract,

Amazon agreeing to a contract

to buy the rights to

Melania Trump,

a documentary about her own life,

for an extraordinary sum of money.

And then Amazon

agreeing to buy the rights,

to The Apprentice.

I think what's different

now is, well,

you don't have a Congress

that's doing its job.

I mean, at the time of Watergate,

you actually had some confidence

that the other pillars

of government

would stand

up, would hold up.

And in the case of Watergate,

you had a Congress

that conducted an investigation

that obtained internal tapes,

and that made

all the difference in the world.

And now you have a president

who has control

of both houses of Congress,

and you have a Congress,

the Republican Party,

that is a completely servile.