When Judge John Sirica gaveled the trial of the Watergate seven to order on January 8, 1973, federal investigators had already discovered a covert slush fund used to underwrite nefarious activities against Democrats.
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June 17, 1972; The burglars return to the Watergate, and five are arrested at 2:30 a.m. inside the DNC headquarters. ... January 8, 1973; Judge Sirica begins the trial of the Watergate burglars.
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John Joseph Sirica (March 19, 1904–August 14, 1992) was the Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, where he became famous for his role in the Watergate scandal...
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John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938) was White House Counsel to United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. As White House Counsel, he became deeply involved in eve...
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The Watergate Scandal ... January 8; The trial of the Watergate Seven (Barker, Gonzalez, Hunt, Liddy, Martinez, McCord and Sturgis) begins in Washington. It is presided over by Judge John Sirica.
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Cronkite, who has died aged 92, broadcast two extensive stories on Watergate in 1972. Ben Bradlee, the former Washington Post editor, said today that a lot of "Washington people, people who followed national stories - a lot of them who had not decided that we were right changed their minds because of Walter".
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Waltz said Sirica's nomination to the bench was a reward for political service to the Republican Party, that his educational background was mediocre and that he was known as a careless, irritable trial judge. ... After Watergate, Sirica continued for many years to sit as a senior judge at U.S. District Court,
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The Watergate trial sketches ... The four courtroom sketches shown here depict scenes from the 1974 Watergate trial of White House aides H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and former attorney general John Mitchell. ... H.R. Haldeman on the witness stand, beside Judge John J. Sirica...
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"Judge Sirica's palpable search for the truth in such a trial was not only permissible, it was in the highest tradition of his office as a federal judge," U ... John J. Sirica, the U.S. district judge whose persistence in searching for the facts while presiding over the Watergate cases led to President Nixon's resignation,
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Fun Facts about Watergate. Interesting factoids, information and answers. ... Who sent a letter to Judge John Sirica during the break-in trial, ...
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