Episode 129 : RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE, 1974 Through the Fire (Part 4) Geoff Shepard's presentation of Fact Exhibit B (The Judge and the Special Prosecutors)

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This is our second episode where we listen to lectures from Geoff Shepard that deals directly with two of the most important, and frankly, sinister factors that led to the downfall of Richard Nixon.

Judge John Sirica, often portrayed as the hero of Watergate, was in fact a known attention seeker with one of the worst records of any Judge on the D.C. Court. He was famous for disregarding the rights of defendants. It is combination of these weaknesses and his desire to play the hero, all fed to him by private, ex parte, meetings he was having with those interested in seeing…