Nixon had a target on his back ever since he exposed Alger Hiss. He had some negatives during his presidency like signing the law that established the EPA, and taking us off the gold standard, but he did get us out of Vietnam which the Deep State intended to be a longer forever war that further weakened and divided the USA, but also depopulated patriotic men while increasing the number of anti-American men. His big move was trying to destroy the Democrat Party because he was aware of their sexual deviance and he wanted to expose it. The CIA did Watergate without his approval and therefore stabbed Nixon in the back. Nixon thought the CIA got evidence of the sex crimes and started the cover up because Nixon thought he was protecting people on his side. Instead, the CIA slowly dripped out information, both true and false through several assets that eventually turned public opinion against him. Remember that Nixon was reelected in 72 with a huge landslide. By 74, the country hated him. I was in MI in the late 70s, and this was told to me by older people in MI who watched all happen both in the spotlight and behind the scenes.