Hoax involving fabricated Nixon memoir excerpt and H.R. Haldeman anecdote

Hoax involving fabricated Nixon memoir excerpt and H.R. Haldeman anecdote The passage describes a personal prank that inserted false details into a purported Nixon memoir excerpt and sent it to columnist Liz Smith. While it mentions high‑profile figures (Nixon, H.R. Haldeman), it provides no concrete evidence of wrongdoing, financial flows, or illicit actions, and the content is clearly a self‑confessed hoax rather than a substantive lead. Key insights: Author fabricated a line about Haldeman's trousers in a fake Nixon memoir page.; The fabricated page was sent to columnist Liz Smith, who reported being fooled.; The text references Nixon’s claim that Watergate was a setup, but offers no new evidence.