Nixon also asserted that "executive privilege" shielded him from all legislative oversight; furthermore, he impounded federal funds (that is to say, he refused to spend money that Congress had appropriated for government programs).
尼克森亦主張「行政特權」，使其不受任何立法機關的監管；此外，其亦凍結了聯邦資金（換言之，其拒絕為國會通過的政府項目動用資金）。