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Riggs, Quentin, fl. 1973 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0704 Author/Creator: Riggs, Quentin, fl. 1973 Place Written: Huntington Beach, California Type: Typed letter signed Date: 4 November 1973 Pagination: 1 p. ; 28.0 x 21.7 cm. Order a Copy

One letter from Quentin Riggs to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated November 4, 1973. Riggs supports the impeachment of President Nixon. Mentions Nixon's bombing of Cambodia, "I have been shocked by his illegal bombings of Cambodia, his "plumbers" who burglarized and spied upon his political opponents, his illegal wiretaps to spy on his political opponents and newspaper reporters, the watergate scandal, his withholding of evidence in a criminal case, his obstruction of justice by firing Archibald Cox, a supposedly independent prosecutor, and his many other offenses."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Riggs, Quentin, fl. 1973

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