Watergate

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• SOURCE: Newsweek
  5/1/2022
  

  "Gaslit" Recalls Martha Mitchell's Role in the Watergate Scandal

  The outspoken and media-friendly wife of Attorney General John Mitchell had warned reporters of CREEP "dirty tricks" before the infamous burglary. After, keeping her from talking to reporters was the first battle of the coverup.

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• 4/12/2022
  

  On "Smoking Guns"—Yesterday and Today (and Tomorrow?)

  by Jim Zirin

  As text messages between Donald Jr. and Mark Meadows surface, it seems the last roadblock to a prosecution of Donald Trump over January 6 is a lack of will, not a lack of evidence.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/6/2022
  

  Trump Can't Just Erase History the Way Nixon Tried to Do

  by Tim Naftali

  "The newly reported Trumpian gap may actually be easier to fill in, and therefore less of a threat to the historical record than Nixon’s."

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• SOURCE: The Watergate Story
  4/4/2022
  

  Watergate at 50: The Consequences of Impunity

  by Barry Sussman

  The Washington Post's City Editor at the time of the Watergate breakin launches a series of posts on the ongoing legacy of the scandal. This one discusses the legacy of elite impunity that resulted from the failure to prosecute Richard Nixon. 

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• 6/6/2021
  

  Whataboutism Didn't Get Nixon Off the Hook. It Shouldn't Stop Investigation of the Capitol Riots

  by James Robenalt

  There's a long and ignominious tradition of playing "whatabout" to thwart investigations into official misconduct, so it's no surprise the move was part of Republicans' rejection of a January 6 commission. 

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• 4/11/2021
  

  Gordon Liddy and the Greek Connection to Watergate

  by James H. Barron

  The recent death of Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy has sparked renewed interest in the intricacies of the affair. The author argues that the material the "Plumbers" sought in the burglary related to a Greek journalist's efforts to expose illegal contributions by the Greek dictatorship to the 1968 election campaign of Richard Nixon. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/30/2021
  

  G. Gordon Liddy, Undercover Operative Convicted in Watergate Scandal, Dies at 90

  "Mr. Liddy’s combination of can-do ruthlessness, loyalty to Nixon and ends-justify-the-means philosophy made him a natural fit in a White House determined to get even with its political enemies."

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/22/2021
  

  Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series

  A documentarian is suing the A&E cable network claiming it didn't promote his 2018 Watergate series out of deference to Trump voters. The network says the decision was based on ratings and defends its record of airing controversial subjects. 

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  3/9/2021
  

  The Truth Will Come Out: As With Nixon, Time Will Darken Views Of Trump And His Supporters

  by Elizabeth Holtzman

  The former New York Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who pushed for articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon, argues that that president's partisan supporters looked foolish when even more facts came to light. Will the same happen to Trump's congressional allies? 

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• 1/24/2021
  

  Will Eugene Goodman Share the Fate of Frank Wills?

  by Adam Henig

  Congress and the nation have celebrated the heroic actions of Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who distracted a mob to give members of Congress time to reach safety. When his momentary fame fades, Goodman deserves better than another unexpected hero, Watergate security guard Frank Wills. 

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• SOURCE: Huffington Post
  1/3/2021
  

  Carl Bernstein Says Latest Trump Tapes Are ‘Far Worse’ Than Watergate

  “This is the ultimate smoking gun tape,” Bernstein said. “It is the tape with the evidence of what this president is willing to do to undermine the electoral system and illegally, improperly and immorally try to instigate a coup.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  12/15/2020
  

  James Flug, Who Helped Block Nixon Nominees and Investigated Watergate, Dies at 81

  James Flug, an aide to Senator Ted Kennedy, played a significant role in Senate investigations and in the successful political opposition to Richard Nixon's Supreme Court nominations of Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell. 

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  12/8/2020
  

  Cleaning House: Watergate and the Limits of Reform

  by John A. Lawrence

  The reform agenda of the "Watergate Babies" class elected to Congress in 1974 achieved important successes but failed to prevent either the rise of the imperial presidency or increased partisan polarization. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/20/2020
  

  Watergate Led to Reforms. Now, Would-Be Reformers Believe, So Will Trump

  Jack Goldmith and Robert Bauer, legal veterans of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations respectively, are proposing a slate of reforms to limit executive branch powers. They hope to match the legislation passed after Watergate and the revelations of intelligence community abuses exposed by the Church Committee.

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• SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
  9/10/2020
  

  Think The Trump Tapes Are Worse Than The Nixon Tapes? Think Again.

  by Leonard Steinhorn

  Recordings of the President reveal not only racial bigotry but a cynical indifference to the rule of law and a belief that any means were justified to prevail over political adversaries. No, we're talking about Richard Nixon. 

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  7/2/2020
  

  Democrats May Beat Trump in November and Still not Learn the Most Important Lesson from his Presidency

  by Daniel Bessner

  Democrats must not just defeat Trump; they must commit to fighting a culture of elite impunity that has enabled the rise of Trump and an unaccountable Republican Party. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Decoded
  4/18/2020
  

  Feldstein's Deplorable Review

  by John O'Connor

  John O'Connor offers a rebuttal to Mark Feldstein's criticism of his new book Postgate.

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• SOURCE: Washington Decoded
  4/11/2020
  

  John O’Connor Jumps the Shark

  by Mark Feldstein

  Mark Feldstein is unconvinced by a new book on Watergate.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/10/2020
  

  Joe Biden’s Big Vision for America: He Wants to Restore Faith in Government

  by Gabriel Glickman

  Read this historian's take on how Joe Biden's political past compares to his political present.

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• SOURCE: Just Security
  1/29/20
  

  The Obituaries of Republicans Who Opposed Nixon’s Impeachment

  by Ryan Goodman

  Regardless of whether the congressmen voted for or against the articles of impeachment, their legacies were largely defined by this one moment.