""Dumb as hell" - Richard Nixon described Thompson as not able "to interrogate unfriendly witnesses and would be outsmarted by the committee's Democratic counsel." (see: The transcripts of the Nixon tapes published in "Abuse of Power: The New Watergate Tapes".)"
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Fred Thompson
Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; 19 August 1942β1 November 2015) was an American lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
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