Oct 9, 2009
Aug. 30, 2004 Updated Jan14, 2007
Nixon addressing his cabinet and White House staff prior to his departure, Aug. 9,1974.
On the eve of the release of the "smoking-gun tape," President Nixon cut a blanket pardon deal with Vice President Ford that would put Ford in the Oval...
Oct 5, 2009
February 5, 2006 President Richard Nixon with Bebe Rebozo (left) and J. Edgar Hoover (center) at the "Florida White House". Credit: National Archives. By the time he became president in 1969, Richard Nixon had been on the giving and receiving end of major underworld...
Oct 2, 2009
October 15, 2003 (updated 03/22/09)
Richard M. Nixon press conference releasing the transcripts of the White House tapes, 04/29/1974.
Nixon's ties to the assassination of President Kennedy run deep, from his association with Jack Ruby, his ties to Jimmy Hoffa and...
Sep 12, 2009
Jack Anderson
Richard Nixon detested syndicated reporter Jack Anderson and put right at the top of his “enemies list.” When Nixon-ordered CIA and FBI volunteered surveillance of the muckraker failed to dig up any dirt, the plot to assassinate Anderson took on a life of its...
Sep 12, 2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy
Chappaquiddick was a bonanza for the Kennedy-hating Nixon, who tried many tactics to catch Ted Kennedy in an extra-marital affair in order to derail his anticipated 1972 presidential bid.
by Don Fulsom
In the summer of 1969, President Richard Nixon...
Sep 12, 2009
Updated Feb. 23, 2010
Frank Sinatra
Both Nixon and Sinatra had deep ties to the Mafia. It was only natural that after President John Kennedy dumped Sinatra that Ole Blue Eyes hooked up with the biggest politician in the Mob’s pocket. Sinatra hung around with Nixon and...
Sep 11, 2009
Charles Gregory “Bebe” Rebozo and Richard Nixon
Bebe Rebozo came in and out of the Nixon White House as he pleased, without being logged in by the Secret Service. At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he had his own private office with a telephone and a designated bedroom always at...
Apr 24, 2009
December 30, 2008
Richard Nixon
Treason is the highest crime an American can commit against his country. And that's what one president accused his successor of committing.
by Don Fulsom
Richard Nixon's treason to scuttle President Lyndon Johnson's 1968...