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Thursday, August 17, 1972
- House member Wright Patman, Chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee, begins to investigate the possibility that campaign contributions were used to fund the break in.
"[When asked why he didn't throw Liddy out immediately] In hindsight I not only should have thrown him out of the office, I should have thrown him out of the window."
John Mitchell | Former Attorney General and Nixon's Campaign Manager