Larry O’Brien Sets Up Nixon

Late 1971, the President’s brother Donald Nixon, was collecting intelligence for his brother and asked John H. Meier about DNC chair Larry O’Brien. Donald was unaware that John H. Meier, a lobbyist to Howard Hughes, had shifted his leanings toward Hubert Humphrey. Meier bluffed to Donald that he was sure the Democrats would win the election since they had a lot of information on Richard Nixon’s illicit dealings with Howard Hughes that had never been released, and that Larry O’Brien had the information,[1]. Donald then called his brother and told him that Meier gave the Democrats all the Hughes information that could destroy him (Richard Nixon) and that O’Brien has it.[2]