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===Impeachment proceedings===
===Impeachment proceedings===
Nixon's "Enemies list" went back 20 years and consisted mostly of individuals who were outraged that a Congressional back-bencher disgraced an FDR protege, a major author of the [[United Nations]] Charter and its first Secretary General. Alger Hiss was an obvious choice to carry on the New Deal tradition in the post-World War II era, but Nixon stuck him in prison. From there, Nixon got himself elected to the Senate, Vice President, and eventually President. The leak of the [[Pentagon Papers]], a catalog of the sins of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, outraged Nixon. Theft of classified government documents was something Nixon was well familiar with in the Amerasia and Hiss cases. Hoover refused to act, based upon Hoover's own experience in the foregoing cases. So Nixon authorized the creation of a secret, non-governmental "Plumbers unit" to fix government leaks. The outfit was funded by his 1972 re-election committee.
Nixon's "Enemies list" went back 20 years and consisted mostly of individuals who were outraged that a Congressional back-bencher disgraced an FDR protege, a major author of the [[United Nations]] Charter and its first Secretary General. Alger Hiss was an obvious choice to carry on the New Deal tradition in the post-World War II era, but Nixon stuck him in prison. From there, Nixon got himself elected to the Senate, Vice President, and eventually President. The leak of the [[Pentagon Papers]], a catalog of the sins of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, outraged Nixon. Theft of classified government documents was something Nixon was well familiar with in the Amerasia and Hiss cases. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover refused to act, based upon Hoover's experience in the foregoing cases. So Nixon authorized the creation of a secret, non-governmental "Plumbers unit" to fix government leaks. The outfit was funded by his 1972 re-election committee.
But Nixon's enemies were ready to pounce based on any scintilla of evidence of wrongdoing. It began before he took office, when a [[lame duck]] congress began repeal of the tax deduction Nixon wanted to use for donating his vice-presidential papers. Nixon aids backdated some documents to make it appear the donation had taken place before the time limit expired.
But Nixon's enemies were ready to pounce based on any scintilla of evidence of wrongdoing. It began before he took office, when a [[lame duck]] congress began repeal of the tax deduction Nixon wanted to use for donating his vice-presidential papers. Nixon aids backdated some documents to make it appear the donation had taken place before the time limit expired.