Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
Geoff Shepard’s 78-page presentation revived claims that Watergate investigators used lawfare, as the department weighs misconduct allegations more than 50 years later.
- On Thursday, the Justice Department confirmed it is reviewing whether the special prosecutor's office committed misconduct during the Watergate investigation, following a presentation by former Nixon aide Geoff Shepard at Justice Department headquarters.
- The Justice Department has prioritized investigating those who previously investigated President Donald Trump for nearly two years, while Shepard recently presented his theory that the "deep state" orchestrated Nixon's downfall to the Office of Professional Responsibility.
- Shepard titled his presentation "Watergate As Lawfare," echoing language President Trump uses to describe investigations against him, while Vice President JD Vance compared Nixon's experience to Trump's at the Nixon Presidential Library this summer.
- The Office of Professional Responsibility is now evaluating Shepard's claims, marking a shift from the Biden Administration which previously denied his requests as Trump seeks to challenge post-Watergate constraints on presidential authority.
- Mainstream scholars maintain that Watergate generated a genuine constitutional crisis and that Nixon's own malfeasance doomed his presidency, despite his tenure becoming a focal point for the conservative movement.
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