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On this day in 1973, in the midst of the Watergate scandal that eventually ended his presidency, President Richard Nixon tells a group of newspaper editors gathered at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, that he is ânot a crook.â. Nixon made the now-famous declaration during a televised question-and-answer session with Associated Press editors.
Sunday, November 18, 1973; Page A01. Orlando, Fla, Nov. 17 -- Declaring that I am not a crook, President Nixon vigorously defended his record in the Watergate case tonight and said he had never profited from his public service. I have earned every cent.And in all of my years of public life I have never obstructed justice, Mr. Nixon said.eople have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.. In an hour-long televised question-and-answer session with 400 Associated Press managing editors, Mr. Nixon was tense and sometimes misspoke.