Word: obstructionism
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Beyond the unanimous recommendation of obstruction of justice, which formed Article I of the committee's impeachment charges, two other offenses were endorsed as impeachable by the committee. Article II, alleging that Nixon had abused the powers of his office, mainly through misuse of such agencies as the FBI...
Satan's Power. The Ford group is only one of an intricate web of groups and individuals-almost an underground network-stretching well across religious and political boundaries, all of them part of a small but growing spiritual renaissance in Washington. It involves both those who have been hoisted...
Still pursuing the cover-up to the end, Nixon blandly and unpersuasively asserted that "when all the facts were brought to my attention, I insisted on a full investigation and prosecution of those guilty. I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step...
Says Stanford Criminal Law Professor John Kaplan, a former prosecutor: "I have a strong feeling that it isn't right to behave like a banana republic and hound the ex-leader. But I regret to say I would go ahead and prosecute. It's a very strong case...
The inadequate term Watergate has come to encompass all the wrongdoing of which Richard Nixon and other members of his Administration stand accused-and in many cases convicted-including the politicization of federal agencies, misuse of federal funds for private purposes, attempted bribery by milk producers, misprision of felony, subornation...