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Aug 15, 1992 · Aug. 15, 1992 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. WASHINGTON —. Retired federal Judge John J. Sirica, the skeptical, activist jurist whose probing questions and tough legal tactics helped uncover the ...
Silver Spring, Maryland. Political party. Republican. Education. Georgetown University ( LLB) John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904 – August 14, 1992) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the trials stemming from the Watergate scandal .
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Aug 15, 1992 · He was "the Watergate judge" -- the judge who pressed for the names of those responsible for the burglary on June 17, 1972, of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington's ...
Saturday, August 15, 1992; Page A01. John J. Sirica, the U.S. district judge whose persistence in searching for the facts while presiding over the Watergate cases led to President Nixon's ...
Mar 15, 2024 · John Sirica (born March 19, 1904, Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.—died August 14, 1992, Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. district court judge whose search for the truth about the 1972 Watergate break-in was the first step leading to the resignation of Pres. Richard M. Nixon. Sirica was raised in poverty in several eastern American cities and, after ...
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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 ...
The Watergate scandal was a significant political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. It originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee ...
