Nixon said that he sold his apartment in New York when he became president in relation to the investigation conducted under his presidency. It is believe that eh gained profit from his public service. This is in defense to his record in the Watergate case.
Narrative distance refers to the difference between the character's point of views and the reader's point of view. All the characters in a story exist with some amount of distance between themselves. Close and distant narrative styles simply refer to the amount of distance between the readers and the characters. Hope this helps.
Though they hated each other, Gatsby and Tom were after the same thing...Daisy. and they were both willing to do anything to win her over