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White House Plumbers

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

3Records
1972Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1972

George Gordon Liddy1972

Politics / Watergate

After serving in several positions in the Nixon administration,

George Gordon Liddy1972

Politics / Watergate

His formal title at CRP was general counsel of the finance operation

George Gordon Liddy1972

Politics / Watergate

Liddy was moved to Nixon's 1972 campaign, the CRP, in order to extend the scope and reach of the White House "Plumbers" unit, which had been created in response to various damaging leaks of information to the press.

Names involved

George Gordon Liddy

Provenance

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