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When Judge John Sirica gaveled the trial of the Watergate seven to order on January 8, 1973, federal investigators had already discovered a covert slush fund used to underwrite nefarious activities against Democrats. The money and the men on trial could be linked to the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP) at whose head sat the former ...
Apr 12, 2024 · Watergate scandal, interlocking political scandals of the administration of U.S. Pres. Richard M. Nixon that were revealed following the arrest of five burglars at Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the Watergate office-apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 1972. On August 9, 1974, facing likely impeachment ...
For example, the Watergate Trial conversations compose the 12.5 hours that were used in the actual trial. These were released to the public on May 28, 1980, and most of them can be found on the web in some form. Next, in a separate collection, there are the Watergate Special Prosecution Force conversations. These 47.5 hours of tapes were ...
November 1973. Nov 01 Leon Jaworski is named as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. Nov 17 During a press conference, Nixon defends his actions, urges the nation to put Watergate behind it and says “I’m not a crook.”. Listen to Nixon’s famous “I’m not a crook” statement. I’m not a crook – shorter version.
Jul 28, 2003 · The Watergate scandal 30 years later. Some of the details have faded but the impact remains historic. A president resigned; his top aides went to jail in a political and criminal scandal that ...
May 16, 2013 · On May 17, 1973, Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., gavelled in the first public hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, better known as the Senate Watergate Committee ...
5 days ago · Butterfield, former President Richard Nixon’s deputy assistant, 1973 testimony, blew the lid off the Watergate hearings by revealing Nixon’s clandestine taping of Whitehouse phone conversations.
