Everette Howard Hunt17 June 1972
After the Watergate arrests, Everette Howard Hunt becomes part of the developing criminal investigation into the burglary and surveillance operation.
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After the Watergate arrests, Everette Howard Hunt becomes part of the developing criminal investigation into the burglary and surveillance operation.
Gordon Liddy went to his office and commenced a shredding operation to eliminate any evidence of his involvement.
Liddy and Hunt had also worked at the White House, which made the Nixon connection more serious.
Liddy worked for the Committee to Re-elect the President, sometimes referred to pejoratively as CREEP; his involvement was a direct connection to President Nixon. McCord was the chief security officer at CREEP.
The five burglars are processed at the police station, where several of them gave fake names. Hunt hired a lawyer to quickly bail the men out, but he underestimated the bail amount. G.
After the Watergate arrests, George Gordon Liddy becomes part of the developing criminal investigation into the burglary and surveillance operation.
Gordon Liddy went to his office and commenced a shredding operation to eliminate any evidence of his involvement.
Liddy and Hunt had also worked at the White House, which made the Nixon connection more serious.
Liddy worked for the Committee to Re-elect the President, sometimes referred to pejoratively as CREEP; his involvement was a direct connection to President Nixon. McCord was the chief security officer at CREEP.
The five burglars are processed at the police station, where several of them gave fake names. Hunt hired a lawyer to quickly bail the men out, but he underestimated the bail amount. G.
After McCord and the burglary team are arrested, G. Gordon Liddy begins shredding documents connected with the Watergate intelligence operation.
After the Watergate arrests, James W. McCord Jr. becomes a major subject of the developing investigation into the burglary and surveillance operation.
McCord and the other arrested burglars are processed by police after the break-in; several members of the group initially provide false names.
McCord serves as security coordinator for the Committee to Re-Elect the President, creating a direct campaign connection when he is arrested at Watergate.
McCord's arrest draws attention to the fact that G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt had previously worked at the White House.
In fact, an elaborate cover-up was already under way. The charge that would stem from the cover-up, "obstruction of justice," would eventually bring Nixon down
Official reaction was swift. From the White House, Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Zeigler, dismissed the incident as some sort of petty thievery attempt. John Mitchell, the head of CREEP, denied that the organization had any connection to the event.
The Washington Post reported, "One of the five men arrested early Saturday in the attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee headquarters is the salaried security coordinator for President Nixon's re-election committee." Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that a search
These public denials were lies.
the burglars had keys, and that inside one of them were address books that listed Howard Hunt's name or initials, and included the hand-written notation, "WH," for White House.
warrant had been executed for the hotel rooms for which
Investigators execute search warrants for hotel rooms used by the burglars and find material connecting E. Howard Hunt with the White House.
Investigators later uncover an organized effort to obstruct the Watergate investigation, making the cover-up a central part of the scandal.
Later investigations establish substantial campaign and White House connections to Watergate despite the early public denials.
Searches of material linked to the burglars uncover address-book references to E. Howard Hunt and the White House.
The Washington Post reports that James McCord, one of the arrested burglars, works as security coordinator for Nixon's reelection committee.
A $25,000 cashier's check earmarked for the Nixon reelection campaign was found in the bank account of one of the Watergate burglars.
Further investigation revealed that, in the months leading up to their arrests, more thousands had passed through their bank and credit card accounts, supporting the burglars' travel, living expenses, and purchase,.
However, through a complicated fiduciary set-up, the money actually went into an account owned by a Miami company run by Watergate burglar Bernard Barker.
On the backs of these checks was the official endorsement by the person who had the authority to do so, Committee Bookkeeper and Treasurer, Hugh Sloan.
Several donations (totaling $89,000) were made by individuals who thought they were making private donations to the President's re-election committee.
The donations were made in the form of cashier's, certified, and personal checks, and all were made payable only to the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
The FBI reported that the break-in at the Watergate was part of a massive campaign of political spying and sabotage on behalf of the officials and heads of the Nixon reelection campaign.
Appointed General Counsel, Finance Committee of the Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP).
Counsel to the Committee to Re-elect the President that supported Richard Nixon in 1972.
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