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… the House Judiciary Committee’s subpoena for White House tapes, President Nixon addresses the American people to explain the tape transcripts he is releasing. He defends his innocence in the Watergate scandal while also reiterating his belief in the … Judiciary Committee's subpoena for additional Watergate tapes, and to tell you something about the actions I shall be …
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… Historians trying to explain the Watergate break-in usually point to an earlier break-in at … the same “masterminds,” former CIA agent E. Howard Hunt and former FBI agent G. Gordon Liddy. Both break-in crews … Man Conspiracy Theorist-in-Chief A Bad Wicket Memoirs vs. Tapes Plea Bargains With History Jews, Intellectuals and Ivy …
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… and other leaders, I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter, I might not have the support of the … of the United States. Nixon's secret White House tapes , uncovered in the course of the Senate Watergate … subpoenaed recordings, the June 23, 1972, “Smoking Gun” tape, captured the President plotting to obstruct the …
“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 far only—president to announce his resignation.
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… The Saturday Night Massacre was a milestone in the Watergate scandal, but Nixon’s firing of special prosecutor … demanded to hear Nixon’s no-longer-secret White House tapes, and fought the president all the way to the Supreme … of impeachment against Nixon. The famous “smoking gun” tape of June 23, 1972, captured Nixon committing obstruction …
Three little Nixonian words swept the web at the news President Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey: “Saturday Night Massacre.” But whether this president shares Nixon’s fate will depend on whether the firing falls into a category captured by three other Nixonian words: “obstruction of justice.”
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… say today stays in this room until you get a copy of the transcript several months down the road. At that time, you’re … you’d like. You can put any restrictions you want on this transcript. We’re hoping that people feel free to speak to … started and ended so fast. I have since seen some of the tapes from—I didn’t see any television that whole week. They …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… poverty, and human rights. Wides talks about the Watergate investigation, judicial confirmations, and the … it was not as tough as '70. [Gerald] Ford was coming after Watergate and basically was going along with what was … he had Breyer and me come up to his office, and he had a tape recorder going, and he was questioning us. Then I rode …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… is mentioned. Ferris brings up the establishment of the Watergate Committee and Senator Mansfield’s role in that. … he was captured by them. But you listen to some of those tapes, and Johnson wanted to get the hell out of there. He … Senator Mansfield taking Senator Kennedy off of a brewing Watergate investigation. Kennedy had some Administrative …
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… was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break in on June 20, 1972, three days after five … Return to Watergate home page Nixon's 1972 campaign slogan “It's going … Threats, lies, and audio tape (Chapter 2) … Watergate: The Cover-Up …
“It's going to be forgotten.” That was President Richard Nixon's first assessment of the Watergate break in on June 20, 1972, three days after five men were apprehended at Democratic National Committee headquarters. And just less than five months later, on November 7, 1972, 23.5% more Americans voted to reelect the president than to replace him with Democrat George McGovern
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… He said that, I think, in November of ’74. It was after Watergate. I was on my first vacation in about two years. I … gossip about them. I’ve never listened to the Nixon tapes and apparently I’m on the Nixon tapes a lot. They say, … to type the questions, too, because I’m covering Nixon and Watergate, and I know something about it but not enough. Now …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… on to discuss Kennedy’s 1980 presidential campaign, the Watergate investigation, and Kennedy’s 1994 reelection … privilege issues in the [Richard] Kleindienst and Watergate period, and we had the Supreme Court nominations, … late in my career, when I was working on Kleindienst and Watergate— Heininger You were otherwise engaged. Flug It may …
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… Richard Nixon's hand on Inauguration day 1969 Johnson taped many of these conversations, transcripts of which have been created by the Miller Center as part of its work on the secret White House tapes , and which are accessible via the following links. …
The revelations about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ discussions with Russian officials in 2016 signal that the Logan Act may once again be back in the news
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… and 1973, six consecutive American presidents secretly taped thousands of their meetings and telephone … system captured 3,400 hours of discussion, the White House tapes constitute a unique and irreplaceable source for the … these extraordinary resources. Through the production of transcripts and original research, PRP eagerly shares theses …
About the Presidential Recordings Program
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… would confront him on camera with previously unpublished transcripts from his first recorded conversation with White … operative Charles W. "Chuck" Colson following the Watergate break-in. "The real significance" of the excerpts … damaging material. What else did he have? How many new tapes would he spring? How sure could Nixon be that his old …
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… Bob Haldeman Location: Oval Office Listen: An earlier transcript of this conversation appears in Stanley Kutler, Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes (New York: The Free Press, 1997), p.292. President … have in the record discussions we've had in this room on Watergate. You know, we've discussed a lot of that stuff. …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a federal depository, so it has, as you know, hearings and transcripts. When I should have been studying one night, I … Heininger Yes. Marshall As you mentioned on the Marty Gold tapes, looking for a recess was not just an opportunity for … for the family, I had interned on Capitol Hill during the Watergate summers, and that’s when I became a political …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… liberties and crime issues. Flug also begins to discuss Watergate. … of the project, the confidentiality rules, and how the transcript will be reviewed, edited, and cleared with … the letter where Kennedy said to Ervin, "You need to do a Watergate committee, because it won't be credible if I don't …
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… his address to Congress to conjuring McCarthy, Nixon, and Watergate. President Trump's unsubstantiated tweet on March … and the other as a candidate. President Nixon with edited transcripts of his White House conversations The most famous … out in his breathtaking book Chasing Shadows: the Nixon Tapes, the Chennault Affair, and the Origins of Watergate. …
At least twice, a sitting president has been connected to surveillance operations on presidential candidates. Both cases involved Richard Nixon—one as a president, and the other as a candidate.
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… release (6/2009) consisted of conversations from January and February 1973. Secret Service Documents on … Thinking that this machine was part of President Johnson's taping system, he ordered a search of the White House for … [12] In his July 16, 1973, testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee, Haldeman's chief aide, Alexander …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… Counsel Fielding discusses the Nixon administration and Watergate; the 1980 Presidential transition; becoming White … Independent. Knott So you’re in the Nixon White House when Watergate unfolds? Fielding Oh, yes. Knott Of course, John … would have had to leave office if he had just burned the tapes. For some reason, he didn’t want to. He must have …
Oral History Interviews
| Ronald Reagan Project… room will remain in this room until you’ve cleared your transcript and all the Reagan materials are open. Thank you … were part of his staff when he was a Senator, during the Watergate period. Culvahouse Yes. I’m a native Tennessean. I … Agency was Deep Throat, someone who had access to the Watergate tapes and the CIA’s knowledge of Watergate. So we …