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4 days ago · It was during President Richard Nixon's time in office that on June 17, 1972, a break-in occurred at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC.
4 days ago · A recent reunion — a 50 th anniversary gathering of the living members of the President Nixon impeachment inquiry staff of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee — provided an opportunity to ...
5 days ago · The House Judiciary Committee approved three articles of impeachment against Nixon, [11] who subsequently resigned from office on August 9, 1974, becoming the only U.S. president to do so. His successor, Gerald Ford, pardoned him on September 8, 1974.
3 days ago · Alexander Butterfield’s appearance before the Senate Watergate Committee was a pivotal moment in the unfolding scandal. From the moment Butterfield confirmed the existence of an Oval Office taping system, the hunt for the tapes began. Ultimately, the Supreme Court ordered Nixon to surrender specified tape recordings, including the “Smoking ...
5 days ago · More than two years after being pardoned for a murder conviction, Vince Gilmer finally left a Virginia prison Thursday, resolving a controversial case that has drawn attention from around the world. Gilmer is gravely ill with Huntington’s disease, a neurological disorder that was undiagnosed at the time of his conviction for the 2004 murder.
1 day ago · Nixon picked up Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida while Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey won only Texas. Writer Jeffrey Hart , who worked on the Nixon campaign as a speechwriter , said in 2006 that Nixon did not have a "Southern Strategy", but "Border State Strategy" as he said that the 1968 campaign ceded the ...
4 days ago · During the fallout from Watergate, Nixon offered $300,000 in cash to Ehrlichman and Haldeman, which prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste, chief of the Watergate Task Force of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office, charged that the offer was made as a way of the three men “protecting” each other.
