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Jul 9, 2018 · Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed her time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon in 1974. The interview is...
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Sep 12, 2016 · Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler gives a maximum Four Pinocchios to the claim that Hillary Clinton was fired during the Watergate inquiry, which has gotten a lot of circulation on...
- The Claim: Jerry Zeifman Fired Hillary Clinton During The Watergate Scandal
- Clinton Not Fired from Inquiry
- Our Rating: False
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On June 17, 1972, five burglars were arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex for attempting to wiretap office communications. The scandal resulted in the resignation of former President Richard Nixon after a series of investigations found he was involved in the operation. Former Secretary of State Hillary...
The timeline is key to this claim. The House Judiciary Committee adopted three articles of impeachment against Nixon on July 27, 1974. However, Nixon avoided impeachment in the House after he resigned from officeAug. 9 of that year. The case ended Aug. 22 when the final impeachment report was published. In 2016, Washington Post librarian Alice Crit...
Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that Zeifman fired Clinton during the Watergate scandal. Zeifman was not Clinton's direct supervisor, and Judiciary Committee pay records indicate she was active throughout the investigation. Zeifman has also contradicted his own claim, saying at other times that he did not fire Clinton.
PolitiFact, Oct. 22, 2018, No, Hillary Clinton wasn’t fired during the Watergate investigationThe Washington Post, Sept. 6, 2016, The zombie claim that Hillary Clinton was fired during the Watergate inquiryPolitico, Aug. 8, 2019, Hillary wades into impeachment in Watergate interviewThe New York Times, Aug. 23, 1974, Rodino Unit Issues Report Describing Case Against NixonPeople also ask
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Oct 26, 2019 · 2:19. WASHINGTON – Richard Nixon nearly got impeached. Bill Clinton did. And Donald Trump could be next. A common thread running through all three imperiled presidencies? Hillary...
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Oct 1, 2018 · President Richard Nixon alongside the Watergate tape transciptions in 1974 and President Bill Clinton making a short statement regarding the Senate acquitting him of impeachment charges in...
- Lesley Kennedy
Resolution containing three articles of impeachment adopted July 30, 1974; the impeachment proceedings ended on August 20, 1974, without an impeachment vote, after President Nixon resigned from office.
May 29, 2017 · Richard Nixon was the only president in U.S. history to resign from office — doing so on Aug. 9, 1974, amid the Watergate scandal — but he was not, as is often stated, impeached by the House...
