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...House Judiciary Committee released more than 4,000 pages of evidence that it has compiled so far on the Watergate break-in and coverup. There was fresh and (for the President) damning new detail. The bulk of evidence indicated that Nixon was deeply involved in the cover-up-and even earlier than some of his critics had previously assumed...
...President in a better light than did the committee's corrected documents. To Nixon's critics on Capitol Hill, the many omissions and apparent misstatements in the White House version seemed nothing less than a clumsy effort to doctor the evidence, to cover up the original coverup. These revelations damaged the President and added impetus to the impeachment drive...
...evidence. Prepared by Presidential Lawyer James St. Clair, it is the only portion of the massive document that attempts to draw specific conclusions. St. Clair cites Senate Watergate testimony by H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell that the President had no knowledge of the burglary or the coverup. The defense counsel's main focus, however, is on the crucial $75,000 payment to E. Howard Hunt, one of the convicted Watergate conspirators. St. Clair argues that the transcript of the meeting that Nixon held with White House Counsel John Dean on March 21, 1973, "clearly demonstrates that...
...Nixon meant that Mitchell would have to resign. But in expressing his fear that some information might "come out," the President seemed already concerned that an open policy of complete disclosure would be fraught with danger-fully nine months before he claims he first became aware of the Watergate coverup...
...most damaging material concerns the events of March 1973. President Nixon has repeatedly stated that it was only on March 21 that he first learned, from Dean, of the Watergate coverup. There are strong indications in the new evidence that the President discussed the cover-up at least eight days before March 21. More incriminating still is material showing that President Nixon perpetuated the cover-up rather than launching a complete investigation, as he has frequently claimed...