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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.
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