... mer counsel John Dean. Senator Hoard Baker Republican, Tennessee repeatedly asked the question that orried the nation for the next year hat did the president kno and hen did he kno it Nixons reputation as damaged in other ays. The taps revealed that he anted to get revenge on a number of enemies. A House committee reported that 17 million in public funds had been spent on his private estates. The Internal Revenue Service assessed Nixon nearly 300,000 in back taxes. In 1974 a grand jury named Nixon an unindicted co-conspirator in the cover-up. The House Judiciary Committee recommended that he be impeached for covering up atergate, abusing his poers, and refusing to honour committee subpoenas. His attorney, James St. Clair, insisted that he make public the taped conversation of June 23, 1972, hich implicated Nixon in the cover-up. Realizing that he ould be impeached and removed from office, Nixon announced his resignation on August 8, 1974. Gerald Ford as sorn in as his successor. On September 8, Ford granted him a pardon for any federal crimes that he might have committed hile president. ... Download