Journalist Carl Rowan commented in a June 10 column that the guilty plea came " at a time when the judge was making noises about dismissing the charges against him " and speculated that Colson was preparing to reveal highly damaging information against Nixon, an expectation shared by columnist Clark Mollenhoff ; Mollenhoff even went so far as to suggest that for Colson not to become a " devastating witness " would cast doubt on the sincerity of his conversion.

Until almost the very end of the affair, Javits's position reflected his legal training: Nixon was innocent until proven guilty, and the best way to determine guilt or innocence was by legal due process.

In addition, many Nixon supporters felt that pardoning Nixon was akin to admitting he was guilty.

* January 28, 1974: Nixon campaign aide Herbert Porter pleads guilty to perjury.

* February 25, 1974: Nixon personal counsel Herbert Kalmbach pleads guilty to two charges of illegal campaign activities.

* 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

In the 1980s, US television featured the light espionage programmes Airwolf ( 1984 – 87 ) and MacGyver ( 1985 – 92 ), each rooted in the Cold War yet reflecting American citizens ' distrust of their government, after the crimes of the Nixon Government ( the internal, political espionage of the Watergate Scandal and the Vietnam War ) were exposed.

* 1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

In the 1960s G. Gordon Liddy ( who went to prison for crimes committed during the Nixon administration's Watergate scandal and now a talk show host ), was a Dutchess County assistant district attorney when he repeatedly tried to have Timothy Leary arrested on drug charges.

Nixon was succeeded by Vice President Gerald Ford as President, who on September 8, 1974, issued a full and unconditional pardon of Nixon, immunizing him from prosecution for any crimes he had " committed or may have committed or taken part in " as president.

By that time, Ford, in a highly controversial move, had pardoned Nixon for any crimes he may have committed as president.

* 1974-Watergate scandal: Ford pardons Nixon for any crimes he may have committed against the United States while President, believing it to be in the " best interests of the country "

Hunt eventually spent 33 months in prison at the low-security Federal Prison Camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on a conspiracy charge, arriving there on April 25, 1975, and said he was bitter that he was sent to jail while Nixon was allowed to resign while avoiding prosecution for any crimes he may have committed, and was later fully pardoned in September, 1974, by incoming President Gerald Ford.

* Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's reporting on the Watergate break-in and other Nixon administration-related crimes for The Washington Post won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973.

Dean had earlier asked Nixon for formal immunity from prosecution for any crimes he may have committed while serving as White House counsel ; Nixon refused to grant this and this refusal led Dean to cooperate with the prosecutors very soon afterwards.

As a member of the Judiciary Committee, Drinan played an integral role in the Congressional investigation of Nixon Administration misdeeds and crimes.

Egale successfully lobbied the federal government to add “ sexual orientation ” to the Canadian Human Rights Act to protect lesbians, gays and bisexuals from discrimination ; lent support to many provincial and territorial efforts to have equal rights enshrined in legislation across the country ; lobbied the Government to introduce more severe penalties for those convicted of gay-bashing and other hate crimes ; supported the addition of “ sexual orientation ” to the grounds covered by hate propaganda legislation ; intervened in the Nixon case to support the rights of transgendered people.

Ehrlichman, who himself went to prison for Watergate related crimes, would later write in his memoirs this was an example of " such doubtful personal judgment ... that it has to be said materially contributed to the demise of the Nixon administration.

Zinn argues that the resignation of Richard Nixon and the exposure of crimes committed by the CIA and FBI during the decade were done by the government in order to regain support for the government from the American people without making fundamental changes to the system ; according to Zinn, Gerald Ford's presidency continued the same basic policies of the Nixon administration.

Mr. Nixon, despite a very earnest effort to capture the minority groups, failed to do so.

At the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Thurmond played a key role in keeping Southern delegates committed to Nixon, despite the sudden last-minute entry of the California governor, Ronald Reagan, into the race.

The immense popularity of the series led Nixon to enjoy her first leading role in a feature, playing a video artist who falls in love, despite her best efforts to avoid commitment, with a bisexual actor who just happens to be dating a gay man ( her best friend ) in Advice From a Caterpillar ( 2000 ), as well as starring opposite Scott Bakula in the holiday telepic Papa's Angels ( 2000 ).

In 1975, Brown obtained the repeal of the " depletion allowance ", a tax break for the state's oil industry, despite the efforts of lobbyist Joe Shell, a former intraparty rival to Richard M. Nixon.

McGee offers the example of Richard Nixon ’ s attempt to defend his decision not to turn over documents to Congress during the Watergate investigation by invoking “ the principle of confidentiality .” Recognizing that his refusal to submit to Congress could be seen as a violation of the “ rule of law ,” Nixon pitted “ the principle of confidentiality ” against the “ rule of law ,” despite the fact that these two ideographs would, in the abstract, not likely be seen as in conflict with one another ..

Having lost official opposition status despite making gains, Nixon resigned as leader for a second time and was replaced by Stuart Smith in 1976.

Nixon agreed to send troops to Cambodia, despite protests from Cooper and others that this violated his stated goal of de-escalation in the region.

The task force was established by Victoria Chief Commissioner of Police Christine Nixon in 2003, and enjoyed success in investigating and halting the killings, despite being initially pushed for staff.

Meany opposed the anti-war candidacy of U. S. Senator George McGovern for the Presidency against incumbent Richard Nixon in 1972, despite McGovern's generally pro-labor voting record in Congress.

According to Meany, class resentment was a major reason that Nixon won 49 states against McGovern, despite the dislike of the Vietnam War by a majority of American voters.

Sasser emphasized Brock's connections to former President Richard M. Nixon and his use of income tax code provisions that had, despite his great wealth and considerable income, resulted in his paying less than $ 2, 000 in income tax the previous year.

His loss came despite a landslide victory for Richard Nixon in the state and was generally blamed on his support for an increased sales tax during his gubernatorial administration.

Nixon then read parts of a letter from the wife of a serviceman fighting in Korea, who despite her financial woes had scraped together $ 10 to donate to the campaign.

Carvey considers that former Vice President Nixon would be Brown's most formidable foe, with ex-Gov. Knight a close second.

* 1973 – Watergate scandal: former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon ; in 1978, President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978 ; he and his former crewmates received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.

In the landmark decision Nixon v. General Services Administration former Chief Justice of the United States William Rehnquist declared in his dissent the need to " fully describe the preeminent position that the President of the United States occupies with respect to our Republic.

** David Eisenhower, grandson of former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower, marries Julie Nixon, the daughter of US President-elect Richard Nixon.

** Former U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dies at his Stonewall, Texas ranch, leaving no former U. S. President living until the resignation of Richard M. Nixon in 1974.

Agnew's moderate image, immigrant background, and success in a traditionally Democratic state made him an attractive running mate for the 1968 Republican presidential nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon.

In that exchange, the former vice president famously told reporters that they would not " have Nixon to kick around any more.

The combination of the unpopularity of Johnson, the Chicago riots, and the discouragement of liberals and African-Americans when both Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated during the election year, were all contributing factors that caused him to eventually lose the election to former Vice President Nixon.

Thurmond's memo and attachment, received by the White House on February 7, 1972, initiated the Nixon administration's persecution of John Lennon that threatened the former Beatle with deportation for nearly five years from 1972 to 1976.

In July 1973, as evidence mounted against the president's staff, including testimony provided by former staff members in an investigation conducted by the Senate Watergate Committee, it was revealed that President Nixon had a tape-recording system in his offices and he had recorded many conversations.

On March 1, 1974, a grand jury in Washington, D. C., indicted several former aides of President Nixon, who became known as the " Watergate Seven ": Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Charles Colson, Gordon C. Strachan, Robert Mardian and Kenneth Parkinson, for conspiring to hinder the Watergate investigation.

On April 5, 1974, Dwight Chapin, the former Nixon appointments secretary, was convicted of lying to the grand jury.

With the upcoming Presidential election, former Howard Hughes business associate John H. Meier, working with Hubert Humphrey and others, wanted to feed misinformation to Richard Nixon.

* Silent Coup, is a bestselling 1992 book written by Len Colodny and Robert Gettlin in which they contend that former Nixon White House counsel John Dean orchestrated the 1972 Watergate burglary at Democratic National Committee headquarters to protect his future wife, Maureen Biner, by removing information linking her to a call-girl ( prostitute ) ring that worked for the DNC.

In the context of discussing code words used in the President's Daily Brief ( PDB ) during the Johnson and Nixon administrations, former CIA Director Richard Helms wrote:

* Ricky Nixon, sports agent and former AFL footballer

The funeral was attended by his good friend and neighbor former senator George Aiken and former president Richard M. Nixon, Aiken died two months later.

Author Roger Morris, a former colleague of Haig's on the National Security Council early in Nixon's first term, wrote that when Ford pardoned Nixon, he in effect pardoned Haig as well.

Will Wilson, a former conservative Democratic attorney general of Texas who switched to the Republican Party to support Nixon, was named United States Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division.

One of Sarducci's most memorable SNL pieces occurred on February 16, 1980, when he actually managed to corner Richard Nixon at 1 a. m. outside of the former President's New York City home for an interview.