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Jun 8, 2022 · Before Jan. 6 hearings, most-watched political TV was Watergate probe. Former White House aide John Dean III is sworn in by Senate Watergate Committee Chairman Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) in 1973. (AP) The ...
John J. Sirica (1904 - 1992) John Sirica was the son of Italian immigrants who moved from Connecticut to Washington, D. C. in search of a better life. There, young John labored as a trash collector, boxing coach, and acting instructor as he gained a formal education. In 1926 he passed the bar exam, was hired as an attorney in a small law firm ...
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 ...
Watergate: The aftermath. August 8, 1974: Nixon announces his resignation—and changes the presidency forever (Chapter 4) By Ken Hughes. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office. With those words, Richard Nixon became the first—and so ...
Feb 9, 2010 · On August 5, transcripts of the recordings were released, including a segment in which the president was heard instructing Haldeman to order the FBI to halt the Watergate investigation. Four days ...
Aug 9, 2013 · Watergate remains the greatest political scandal in modern American history. It culminated not only in President Nixon’s announcement of his resignation, 39 years ago Thursday, but in the ...
Nov 10, 2011 · The US National Archives has released the grand jury testimony of former President Richard Nixon, made after the Watergate scandal forced him to resign. Jurors asked about almost 19 missing ...
