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Richard Ben-Veniste and William Cohen on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in

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The Judiciary Committee - How Portant Are the Tapes in Affecting Them?

If the tapes had never been released, would nixon have been impeached? I don't think so. But without that, i think there was enough doubt in theon the republican side on y. There were still tom ralsback, henry smith, ham fish, junior, et cetera,. calwell butler in particular, members who were really concerned with the edited transcripts. And at one point, president nixon tried to get a deal worked out with he special prosecutor that john stanis would listen to the tapes. That didn't go down very well.

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