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Monday, May 14, 1973

  • Acting FBI Director William Ruckelshaus announces that logs for wiretaps searching for news leaks had been located in John Ehrlichman's White House office safe. An FBI source tells Woodward some of the taps were authorized by Henry Kissinger.
  • After several weeks of investigating Ruckelshaus confronts Felt about his leaks. Felt denies it, but Ruckelshaus tells him he's out.

Tuesday, May 14, 1974

  • Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate meet with Gerald Ford where he tells them he doesn't want any part of the impeachment proceedings. They all agree the proceedings should be carried on live television. They also say it's a likely he'll be President soon.

"(The edited transcripts of the secret tapes) will at last, once and for all, show that what I knew and what I did with regard to the Watergate break-in and cover-up were just as I have described them to you from the beginning."

Richard Nixon | President of the United States