Watergate 
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4/30/2023
We Pay the Price for Failing to Treat Ex-Presidents as Ordinary Citizens
by James D. Robenalt
Deferential treatment given to Richard Nixon after his resignation, including not only his pardon but also lenient treatment by the Watergate grand jury, set precedents for impunity that the nation suffers from today.
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SOURCE: NPR
9/25/2022
How Richard Nixon Alienated Allies after Watergate (and Lessons for Trump)
"Along the way, when it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case."
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6/19/2022
Watergate at 50: Did Kennedy Loyalists Squelch a 1968 "October Surprise" that Could Have Beaten Nixon?
by James H. Barron
Did Democratic party insiders bury the story of Richard Nixon receiving campaign funds from the Greek military junta because they disliked the Greek exile journalist who broke the news?
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SOURCE: Democracy Now!
6/15/2022
Garrett Graff: A "Conspiratorial Mindset" Links Trump and Nixon Actions
Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History" argues that both January 6 and Watergate were the logical culminations of the broader politics of the Trump and Nixon administrations and the movements that sustained them.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/9/2022
"All the President's Men": From Misguided Buddy Flick to Iconic Political Thriller
Hollywood's original plan for the film based on Woodward and Bernstein's book was light on substance and heavy on macho hijinks. How would Watergate be remembered if the script weren't changed?
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/12/2022
From Trust in Institutions to Partisan Polarization: The Legacy of Watergate at 50
Garrett M. Graff calls the events set in motion by the 1972 burglary a dividing line in history that changed the political culture forever.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
6/2/2022
Previous Congressional Hearings Inform What to Expect from the Jan. 6 Committee
by Jennifer Selin
From KKK violence during Reconstruction to Watergate, high profile Congressional investigations have approached controversial issues. Partisanship is likely to be an obstacle to the goals of advancing transparency and public information.
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SOURCE: NPR
6/6/2022
Can the January 6 Committee Have the Impact of the Senate Watergate Hearings?
While the Watergate hearings of 1973 made chairman Sam Ervin a household name and publicized the crimes of Watergate and the Nixon campaign, it's unlikely the January 6 Committee can follow that act.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
6/7/2022
Martha Mitchell's Hidden Role as a Catalyst of the Watergate Scandal
Mitchell didn’t have a grasp of the specifics of her husband’s involvement in Watergate, Bernstein told me, “but what she was so right about from the beginning was the coverup.”
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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.”