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President Nixon was also deeply involved with the cover-up. When he

was told about the burglary, he gave his full support to the cover-up plan.

?On March 21, 1973 the president had a meeting with John Dean, and the

president agreed that one million dollars should be raised to silence the

burglars? (Kutler 247-257). The president also agreed in a March 21, 1973

meeting with John Dean, to get money to payoff Mr. Hunt (Heritage 34).

President Nixon also made some statements to the public, saying that there

was no White House involvement with Watergate. In one statement he said:

Within our own staff, under my direction, Counsel to the

president, Mr. Dean, has conducted a complete investigation of

all leads which might involve any present members of the White

House or anybody in the government. I can say categorically that

no one in the White House staff, no one in this administration,

presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident.

(Dorman 167)

Actually, Dean had conducted no such investigation and had given him no

such assurances (168).

Without question, the most notorious examples of dirty politics

in the nations history occurred during president Nixon?s 1972

re-election campaign. An astonishing array of illegal and

unethical activities was carried out on Nixon?s behalf.

(Dorman 112)

Nixon, having a high role in the scandal, was nothing compared to his

committees. Nixon?s committees were deeply involved with the whole

scandal and other unethical acts. During the 1972 election, they were

involved in illegal acts like, smear campaigns, and they attacked and harassed

political enemies, and they were involved in the famous Watergate break-in.

Also the committees had a great role in the cover-up. They destroyed

evidence, paid people off, and lied to the country. It could be said that