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The trial of the five arrested burglars and two accomplices began in federal court less than two weeks before Nixon’s second-term inauguration. The relatively narrow indictment on charges of burglary, conspiracy, and violation of federal wiretapping laws itself spoke to the success of the White House in containing the scandal. The presiding judge, John J. Sirica, however, kept badgering defendants and witnesses on matters not covered in the indictment—namely, the financial and institutional involvement of the White House and reelection campaign. All the defendants pleaded guilty except Li...

James DiEugenio assembles evidence of an agency role in the scandal..  By James DiEugenio Special to Consortium News Jefferson Morley begins his new book on Watergate, Scorpions’ Dance, in and adroit and forceful manner. Former C.I.A. Director Richard Helms has been called back to Washin

WASHINGTON—Top Trump regime Justice Department officials, standing by the Constitution and the rule of law, derailed his design to use the big law enforcement agency to pervert the law and further his 2021 coup d’etat try to keep the presidency.

WASHINGTON (AP) — For half a century, every major Washington scandal started with some form of this question: Is this another Watergate ?

Commentary On June 17, it will be 50 years since operatives connected to President Richard Nixon’s Committee to ...