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May 10, 2018 · Watergate began in June 1972 when five robbers linked to Nixon’s re-election campaign were caught red-handed wiretapping phones and stealing documents inside the Democratic National Committee ...
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John Dean details his time as the White House counsel chair in the Nixon administration, becoming the “desk officer” on Watergate, and having one on one meet...
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Watergate scandal - Political Corruption, Nixon Resignation, Cover-up: The trial of the five arrested burglars and two accomplices began in federal court less than two weeks before Nixon’s second-term inauguration. The relatively narrow indictment on charges of burglary, conspiracy, and violation of federal wiretapping laws itself spoke to the success of the White House in containing the ...
Recording of a conversation between President Nixon and H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman about the Watergate investigation. President Nixon approves a plan to use the C...
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Jul 13, 2023 · Exactly 50 years ago, a White House aide revealed that then-President Nixon's conversations had been taped. The Watergate tapes included audio of Nixon working to cover up the Watergate break in ...
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- Lisa Desjardins,Elizabeth Summers,Saher Khan
The Watergate Trial Conversations are excerpted Nixon White House tape conversations that were played in open court in U.S. v. Mitchell, et al. and U.S. v. Connally. The segments are a portion of the approximately 60 hours of tape subpoenaed by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF). These conversations include the segments referred to ...
Jun 23, 1972 · The court’s decision was unanimous. President Nixon released the tape on August 5. It was one of three conversations he had with Haldeman six days after the Watergate break-in. The tapes prove that he ordered a cover-up of the Watergate burglary. The Smoking Gun tape reveals that Nixon ordered the FBI to abandon its investigation of the break-in.
