I have always maintained Gerald Ford is as much responsible for the gangster culture in the District of Corruption as anyone. I don't fault him for wanting to protect the office of the President but by not letting the impeachment of Nixon happen and all of D.C. then closing ranks, the filth and corruption have been covered up ever since. Had it all come out in 1974, I feel the people of America would have seen what a dog pit the place really is and kept a better eye on it and the media would have been forced to report on it.