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John Dean's allegation gave further impetus among Democrats, Congressional investigators, and [[public opinion]] to terminate Nixon's presidency early, either through [[impeachment]] or pressure on him to resign.<ref>http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/F8723E3606CD79EC85256FF6006F82C3?OpenDocument "Mills, vice chair of the JCT, even predicted that the findings about the president's taxes would force Nixon to resign. To diffuse the issue from being part of the call for impeachment, Nixon said publicly on several occasions his willingness to pay any tax amount for which the committee found him deficient (WSJ, April 1, 1974). "</ref> Impeachment or resignation would tar Nixon with enough stigma to blunt his blind ambition.

John Dean's allegation gave further impetus among Democrats, Congressional investigators, and [[public opinion]] to terminate Nixon's presidency early, either through [[impeachment]] or pressure on him to resign.<ref>http://www.taxhistory.org/thp/readings.nsf/ArtWeb/F8723E3606CD79EC85256FF6006F82C3?OpenDocument "Mills, vice chair of the JCT, even predicted that the findings about the president's taxes would force Nixon to resign. To diffuse the issue from being part of the call for impeachment, Nixon said publicly on several occasions his willingness to pay any tax amount for which the committee found him deficient (WSJ, April 1, 1974). "</ref> Impeachment or resignation would tar Nixon with enough stigma to blunt his blind ambition.

Nixon's ability to raise unlimited funds for his Presidential Library as the law allowed coupled with abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were frightening to many.   

Nixon's ability to raise unlimited funds for his Presidential Library as the law allowed coupled with abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were frightening to many.  Funds intended for his campaign were rechanneled to private sleuths to harass opponents. [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton </ref><ref>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/woodward-and-bernstein-cant-stop-comparing-clinton-nixon </ref> served on the staff of the House Impeachment panel investigating Nixon's schemes.

 

Funds intended for his campaign were rechanneled to private sleuths to harass opponents. [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]<ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton </ref><ref>http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/02/woodward-and-bernstein-cant-stop-comparing-clinton-nixon </ref> served on the staff of the House Impeachment panel investigating Nixon's schemes.

It was an exciting time for the 26 year old law intern. No casual eavsdropper since the founding of the Republic was privy to the private conversations and decision making in the [[Oval Office]] ofa president with his subordinates in the midst of grave international, national, political, and personal crises'.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H78s9ZbLXCIC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=%22windowless+room,+trying+to+make+sense+of+the+words+and+to+glean+their+context+and+meaning%22&source=bl&ots=o3nUmlrdPk&sig=hOD7BvlnXjK9pRASsqWyqUxWyx4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI9syUu6PNAhUX5WMKHUYlDgkQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22windowless%20room%2C%20trying%20to%20make%20sense%20of%20the%20words%20and%20to%20glean%20their%20context%20and%20meaning%22&f=false Living History], Hillary Clinton, Simon and Schuster, 2004, p.68.</ref><ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton </ref>

It was an exciting time for the 26 year old law intern. No casual eavsdropper since the founding of the Republic was privy to the private conversations and decision making in the [[Oval Office]] ofa president with his subordinates in the midst of grave international, national, political, and personal crises'.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=H78s9ZbLXCIC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=%22windowless+room,+trying+to+make+sense+of+the+words+and+to+glean+their+context+and+meaning%22&source=bl&ots=o3nUmlrdPk&sig=hOD7BvlnXjK9pRASsqWyqUxWyx4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI9syUu6PNAhUX5WMKHUYlDgkQ6AEIJjAB#v=onepage&q=%22windowless%20room%2C%20trying%20to%20make%20sense%20of%20the%20words%20and%20to%20glean%20their%20context%20and%20meaning%22&f=false Living History], Hillary Clinton, Simon and Schuster, 2004, p.68.</ref><ref>http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/features/2015-11-05/how-richard-nixon-created-hillary-clinton </ref>