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ChicagoRonin

(714 posts)
Wed Mar 27, 2019, 12:32 AM Mar 2019

When a previous POTUS tried to control the truth

In April 1974, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the tapes of 42 White House conversations that dealt with the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters at the Watergate Office Building and the subsequent attempted coverup.

At the end of that month, President Richard Nixon released edited transcripts of the White House tapes, citing executive privilege and national security as the reason he needed to withhold certain material.

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When a previous POTUS tried to control the truth (Original Post) ChicagoRonin Mar 2019 OP
Hhhmmmm. Slow bleed. California_Republic Mar 2019 #1
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