Name: Hoover / Nixon: Friends with Secrets
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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Examining the relationships between FBI directors and U.S. presidents; analyzing the interactions between James Comey and Donald Trump, J. Edgar Hoover and Richard Nixon, Louis Freeh and Bill Clinton, and Robert Mueller and George W. Bush.

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