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HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Friday, July 19, 1974
Last-Minute Tape Offer by President
Provokes Judiciary Panel Criticismperformance by St. Clair, but we should be used to that by
now."
Rep. Hamilton Fish, R-N.Y., called it "self-serving."
Rep. Robert McClory, R-Ill., called it a "bad tactic."
Rep. Lawrence Hogan, R-Md., said it came "a little late. I
don't think many will look at it."
But Rep. David W. Dennis, R-Ind., said: "I want all the
evidence we can get."
Another Judiciary Committee member, Rep. Jack Brooks,
D-Tex., has prepared seven proposed articles of impeach-
ment against President Nixon and is circulating them among
other committee members.
Among the proposed articles, Brooks charges that Nixon
should be impeached for:
* Obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up and
approval of hush money and executive clemency for Water-
gate defendants." Nine charges of bribery, a specific impeachable offense
under the Constitution.
* Unlawfully wiretapping citizens a n d creating the
"plumbers" to undertake "covert activities without regard to
civil rights of citizens."
* Misusing the Internal Revenue Service to harass political
enemies.
* Violating the Constitution by receiving federal money in
excess of compensation by law; specifically money spent on
his homes at San Clemente, Calif., and Key Biscayne, Fla.
* Fraud by underpaying his income tax between 1969 and
1973 by nearly $500,000.
* Contempt of Congress and the courts by refusing to
comply with subpoenas for materials for the impeachment
inquiry and Watergate trials.
* Lying to Congress; specifically his firing of Special
Prosecutor Archibald Cox last Oct. 20 "in abrogation of
commitments to the United States Senate and to the people
of the United States."**
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