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Today In Watergate History

Monday, May 21, 1973

  • Mitchell and Stans plead not guilty to the Vesco case charges.
  • The Senate Foreign Relations Committee releases a memo from Vernon Walters of the CIA where Haldeman implicated Nixon in the attempt to get Walters to speak to the FBI about the break in. Haldeman denies the President had any involvement in the cover up.

"Always remember, others may hate you — but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself. "

Richard Nixon | President of the United States