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Mitchell Secret Fund Control

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1972Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1972

Carl Bernstein29 September 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Bernstein and Woodward report that John Mitchell controlled a secret Republican fund used to finance intelligence-gathering operations against Democratic political opponents.

Robert "Bob" Woodward29 September 1972

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Woodward and Bernstein report that John Mitchell personally controlled a secret Republican fund used to finance political intelligence operations against Democrats.

Names involved

Carl BernsteinRobert "Bob" Woodward

Provenance

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