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I have my doubts that we will be satisfied by the results of these investigations. At this level of government somehow the loop-holes will clear most, if not all, of them resulting in unethical, but not criminal acts.
What do you think?
The poll is for WH staff and legislative republiCons. We know there are many involved, not just the WH.
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Iggo
(47,535 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)low, by a lot!
The term Watergate, by metonymy, has come to encompass an array of clandestine and often illegal activities undertaken by members of the Nixon administration. Those activities included such dirty tricks as bugging the offices of political opponents and people of whom Nixon or his officials were suspicious. Nixon and his close aides also ordered investigations of activist groups and political figures, using the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The scandal led to the discovery of multiple abuses of power by members of the Nixon administration, an impeachment process against the president that led to articles of impeachment,[2] and the resignation of Nixon. The scandal also resulted in the indictment of 69 people, with trials or pleas resulting in 48 being found guilty, many of whom were Nixons top administration officials.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Plus... this is a way different time from 1974. A lot has changed.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)These indictments were unsealed this week.
elias7
(3,991 posts)As if I or anyone else is qualified to render a judgment on the likelihood of something happening that is, for the most part, not public information.
Our over reliance of polls, especially by the MSM, is to rely on uninformed opinions to determine direction of policy or public opinion.
Scruffy1
(3,252 posts)Seems to me if you addd up all the Congressional leaders and executive staff you couldn't come up with one not a crook. I think along the trail they will fin bribery, exotortion and other crimes unless it's just a sweep it under the rug. As always in a criminal investigation someone will start sing to save their ass and the house will come crumbling down.