Watergate Special Prosecution Force

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The Watergate Special Prosecution Force was a temporary, independent team of U.S. federal prosecutors established in the 1970s to investigate and prosecute crimes related to the Watergate scandal involving President Richard Nixon’s administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal prosecutorial body ⓘ
special prosecutor's office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
authorizedBy United States Attorney General ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
dissolved 1977 ⓘ
employed federal prosecutors ⓘ
investigators ⓘ
support staff ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Office of the Watergate Special Prosecutor ⓘ
Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon ⓘ
strengthened norms of independence for federal special prosecutors ⓘ
hasEnglishShortName Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
hasLegalForm temporary independent prosecutorial unit ⓘ
hasMainTask investigation of abuses of power by officials in the Nixon administration ⓘ
investigation of campaign finance violations connected to the 1972 presidential election ⓘ
investigation of obstruction of justice related to Watergate ⓘ
investigation of the Watergate scandal ⓘ
prosecution of crimes related to the Watergate scandal ⓘ
hasPart Office of the Special Prosecutor ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody Archibald Cox ⓘ
Charles Ruff ⓘ
Henry Ruth Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Henry Ruth

Leon Jaworski ⓘ
Special Prosecutor ⓘ
inception 1973 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableWork United States v. Nixon ⓘ
litigation over access to President Nixon's tape recordings ⓘ
prosecution of White House officials involved in the Watergate cover-up ⓘ
prosecution of members of the Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ
operatedDuring presidency of Gerald Ford ⓘ
presidency of Richard Nixon ⓘ
opposedBy Richard Nixon administration ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Justice ⓘ
reasonForAbolition completion of its investigative and prosecutorial mandate ⓘ
replacedBy Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia ⓘ
significantCourtCase United States v. Nixon ⓘ
significantEvent Watergate scandal ⓘ

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Richard Ben-Veniste → employer → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
Edward Gurney → participantIn → Watergate scandal investigation ⓘ
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John Wesley Dean III → cooperatedWith → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
United States v. Jeb Stuart Magruder → partOf → Watergate prosecutions ⓘ
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Richard Ben-Veniste → employer → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
subject linked to: Ben-Veniste
Watergate Special Prosecution Force → hasEnglishShortName → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
Watergate Special Prosecution Force → hasAlternativeName → Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office ⓘ
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Watergate Special Prosecution Force → hasAlternativeName → Office of the Watergate Special Prosecutor ⓘ
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Philip B. Heymann → positionHeld → Associate Watergate Special Prosecutor ⓘ
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Henry Ruth → notableWork → Watergate investigation ⓘ
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Henry Ruth → participantIn → Watergate scandal investigation ⓘ
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Henry Ruth → partOf → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
Charles Ruff → employer → Office of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ
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Charles Ruff → notableWork → Watergate investigation ⓘ
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Leonidas Jaworski → notableWork → Watergate special prosecution ⓘ
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Leonidas Jaworski → participantIn → Watergate special prosecution force ⓘ
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After Fifteen Years → about → Watergate special prosecution ⓘ
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United States v. Colson → partOf → Watergate prosecutions ⓘ
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Special Prosecutor → collaboratedWith → Watergate Special Prosecution Force ⓘ