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One of the shocking [[Watergate]] revelations made by former White House Counsel [[John Dean]] was that [[President Nixon]] had intended to use the Nixon Presidential Library as a means to propel himself as a [[political]] force into the future beyond his presidency. Former presidents at that time - [[Truman]], [[Eisenhower]], and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] - were suppose to go quietly off into retirement. The [[22nd Amendment]] had been passed as a safeguard to insure that no president, even if he held a mesmerizing affect over the people as [[FDR]] did, could amass too much power.  John Dean's allegation gave further impetus 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>  

One of the shocking [[Watergate]] revelations made by former White House Counsel [[John Dean]] was that [[President Nixon]] had intended to use the Nixon Presidential Library as a means to propel himself as a [[political]] force into the future beyond his presidency. Former presidents at that time - [[Truman]], [[Eisenhower]], and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] - were suppose to go quietly off into retirement. The [[22nd Amendment]] had been passed as a safeguard to insure that no president, even if he held a mesmerizing affect over the people as [[FDR]] did, could amass too much power.  John Dean's allegation gave further impetus 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>  

Nixon's ability to raise unlimited funds for his Presidential Library, as the law allowed, coupled with the abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were frightening.  Funds raised by his campaign were rechanneled to private sleuths to harass opponents. [[Hillary 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.

Nixon's ability to raise unlimited funds for his Presidential Library, as the law allowed, coupled with the abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were frightening.  Funds raised by his campaign were rechanneled to private sleuths to harass opponents. [[Hillary 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 abuses.

It was an exciting time for the 26 year old law intern. No one since the founding of the Republic was privy to the private conversations and decision making of president in the [[Oval Office]] with subordinates in the midst of grave international, domestic, and political 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 one since the founding of the Republic was privy to the private conversations of a president in the [[Oval Office]] with subordinates making decisions in the midst of grave international, domestic, and political 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>

After Nixon's resignation several Watergate reform laws came into existence. Hillary Clinton, fresh out of law school played a part in the removal of Nixon from office and the creation of these reform laws:

After Nixon's resignation several Watergate reform laws came into existence. Hillary Clinton, fresh out of law school played a part in the removal of Nixon from office and the creation of these reform laws: