The Real Watergate Scandal, Geoff Shepard
The Real Watergate Scandal, Geoff Shepard
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The Real Watergate Scandal
Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down

Author: Geoff Shepard

Narrator: Chris Abell

Unabridged: 7 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/23/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An aging judge about to step down. Aggressive prosecutors friendly with the judge. A disgraced president. A nation that had already made up its mind. The Watergate trials were a legal mess—and now, with the discovery of new documents that reveal shocking misconduct by prosecutors and judges alike, former Nixon staffer Geoff Shepard has a convincing case that the wrongdoing of these history-making trials was actually a bigger scandal than the Watergate scandal itself.

About Geoff Shepard

Geoff Shepard worked in the Nixon White House for more than five years, first as a White House Fellow, then as a senior member of the Domestic Council staff.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on May 17, 2017

Please give my Amazon review a helpful vote - [URL not allowed] This book has two goals. One goal is to take a step in toward the rehabilitation of the reputation of President Richard Nixon. The second is to document the political corruption on the part of Nixon's enemies in ta......more

Goodreads review by Jake on December 01, 2020

Crazy how easy it is to over turn an election where a president wins 49 states with a single judge in the DC.......more

Goodreads review by Drtaxsacto on September 02, 2019

This is a hard book to review on many levels. Geoff Shepard was a young lawyer in the Nixon Administration and has made it a quest to detail the many excesses that both the Watergate Special Counsel's office and the judges involved in ruling on the various cases committed. Shepard has waited for the......more

Goodreads review by John on August 18, 2022

The author met Richard Nixon when he was in college. Years later he went to work in the Nixon White House as a member of the legal staff. There are several claims made in this book based on evidence that has only recently come to light. 1. Archibald Cox met several times with Judge John Sirica and wit......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on April 23, 2019

It is becoming painfully obvious that the law-both its codification and enforcement-is decided on an informal, social basis, rather than in keeping with some set of higher principles. People don't scratch each other's eyes out to get into the Ivies or claw their way into key positions in various cab......more


Quotes

“Document by document, Shepard builds an ironclad case against the very prosecutors who drove Nixon from office.” Hugh Hewitt, host of The Hugh Hewitt Show

“There are few books which I would call genuinely revelatory and indispensable. This is one of them. If you love America you must read this book.” Ben Stein, actor and political commentator

“Shepard, who has been active in preserving and publicizing the policy legacy of the Nixon administration, argues that had Nixon not been driven from office, he would have been recognized as one of the nation’s greatest presidents.” Booklist