Charles Guiteau1881
Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death
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Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death
Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury
Hunt and fellow operative G. Gordon Liddy, along with the five burglars arrested at the Watergate, were indicted on federal charges
Hunt, Liddy, and the 5 Watergate burglars were indicted by a federal grand jury
it was revealed that Attorney General & Nixon campaign chairman John Mitchell had controlled a secret Republican fund used to pay for spying on the Democrats
The five burglars plead guilty as their trial begins
The five burglars plead guilty as their trial begins
The five burglars plead guilty as their trial begins
The five burglars plead guilty as their trial begins
Just ten days after Richard Nixon's second inauguration, Liddy and McCord were convicted on charges conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping
Just ten days after Richard Nixon's second inauguration, Liddy and McCord were convicted on charges conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping
Fined $10,000 and put on three years probation & later disbarred by the State of Maryland
Hunt put pressure on the White House and the Committee to Re-Elect the President for cash payments to cover legal fees, family support, and expenses, for himself and his fellow burglars.
Key Nixon figures, including Haldeman, Charles Colson, Herbert Kalmbach, John Mitchell, Fred LaRue, and John Dean eventually became entangled in the payoff schemes, and large amounts of money were passed to Hunt and his accomplices, to try to ensure their silence at the trial, by
Tenacious media, including The Washington Post and The New York Times, eventually used investigative journalism to break open the payoff scheme, and published many articles which proved to be the beginning of the end for the cover-up
pleading guilty to avoid prosecutors' questions, and afterwards.
The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings on Nixon
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