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Title: Additional Federal Costs Associated with the Operation of President Nixon's Properties at Key Biscayne and San Clemente, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002096
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Copy of a numbered list of additional expenditures at President Richard Nixon's private homes in San Clemente, CA and Key Biscayne, FL.

Title: Address by Joseph A. Califano, Jr. before the Harvard Law School Association of the District of Columbia at the Washington Hotel, January 17, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001145
Creator: Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-01-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Joseph Califano was a former aid to President Lyndon Johnson and powerful Washington lawyer. His speech, titled "On the Impeachable Offenses of Richard Nixon." Califano disimisses the argument that Nixon was simply misled by his advisors. "Reasonable men," Califono said, "may doubt [Nixon's] advance involvement in the DNC Watergate bugging and burglary; they must recognize that he would have been unworthy of his political success if he were not deeply involved in everything that folllowed the capture of the burglars on June 17, 1972." He also lays out a constitutional and statutory basis for impeaching the president.

Title: Answers to charges concerning the President's personal finances, December 8, 1973
Identifier: camh-dob-000948
Creator: Ziegler, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis), 1939-2003
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Financial statements--analysis
Dates: 1973-12-08
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A detailed set of answers released by White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler in response to various allegations regarding President RIchard Nixon's finances.

Title: Answers to possible arguments posed by minority against emoluments charge, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001243
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: List of arguments defending President Richard Nixon and responses to those arguments. Unattributed, but likely compiled by Jack Brooks or staff.

Title: The appearance of guilt, Washington Post, Monday, April 22, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001318
Creator: Alsop, Joseph, 1910-1989
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Dates: 1974-04-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An article by Joseph Alsop arguing that President Richard Nixon appears guilty. This article may have been used by Jack Brooks to push Congressman Peter Rodino, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, towards impeachment.

Title: Approval of scheme authorizing commitment of unconstitutional and illegal acts
Identifier: camh-dob-002423
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A memo by Jack Brooks's staff regarding President Nixon's approval of unconstitutional and illegal acts, including a domestic intelligence gathering operation and illegal entries into the offices of the Democratic National Committee.

Title: Architectural plans and itemized summary of costs for the construction of a redwood fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, June 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001277
Topic: California-Yorba Linda-Richard M. Nixon Historical Site, Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1969-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The Secret Service requested the installation of a security fence to protect President Richard Nixon's private home in San Clemente. The architect insisted on makiing it match the rest of the house, which increased the expense of the taxpayer-funded project.

Title: Article II, Draft, July 27, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001846
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-07-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft copy of an article of impeachment alleging that President Richard Nixon violated the Constitution by authorizing electronic surveillance with no national security justification and violating the Constitutional rights of citizens. The article also alleges the President conspired to obstruct justice.

Title: Article II, pending, Draft 3, Doar, date unclear
Identifier: camh-dob-001847
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft copy of an article of impeachment alleging that President Richard Nixon violated the Constitutional rights of Americans by misusing executive branch agencies and conspiring to obstruct the investigation of his activities. Doar likely refers to John Doar, special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry.

Title: Bloom County cartoon, August 10, 1987
Identifier: camh-dob-002335
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Dates: 1987-08-10
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A cartoon strip from the Bloom County cartoon by Berke Brethed in the Washington Post satirizing the Iran-Contra hearings.

Title: Bloom County cartoon, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002336
Topic: Iran-Contra Affair (1985-1990), Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A cartoon strip from the Bloom County cartoon by Berke Brethed in the Washington Post satirizing the Iran-Contra hearings.

Title: Budget, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-002169
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations, Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed budget for the Government Activities Subcommittee's investigation of federal spending on President Richard Nixon's private homes. The budget is unsigned and undated, but likely prepared by a staffer.

Title: C.G. Rebozo Expenditure for Improvements and Furnishings to the President's Homes in Key Biscayne, Florida, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001760
Topic: Governmental Investigations
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Document detailing money spent by C.G. Rebozo on updates to President Nixon's home in Key Biscayne, FL and asserting that the money used may have been campaign contributions originally.

Title: Chapter CXCIV, Function of the House in Impeachment, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001097
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon.

Title: Combined Detailed, impeachment article draft, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001845
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft copy of an article of impeachment regarding President Richard Nixon's alleged tax fraud and violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution. Jack Brooks appears to have written drafts which combined these charges as well as separate articles for each charge. He also wrote drafts that were more specific and others that were more general in their approach to the charges.

Title: Combined General, impeachment article draft, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001840
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft copy of an article of impeachment regarding President Richard Nixon's alleged tax fraud and violation of the emoluments clause of the Constitution. Jack Brooks appears to have written drafts which combined these charges as well as separate articles for each charge. He also wrote drafts that were more specific and others that were more general in their approach to the charges.

Title: Congressional Research Service report regarding Brook's request for alternatives to the present method of selecting nominees for the Vice Presidency, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001433
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Research material used by Jack Brooks during the appointment of Gerald Ford as Vice President.

Title: Congressman Peter W. Rodino announces the results of the January 24 meeting of the Judiciary Committee's Advisory Committee on its impeachment inquiry, January 24, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001014
Topic: Watergate Affair (1972-1974), United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A summary of the January 24, 1974 meeting of the Judiciary Committee with its Advisory Committee to receive a progress report from Special Counsel John Doar. The Advisory Committee agreed it was necessary for the Judiciary Committee to introduce a resolution to the House of Representatives to explicitly confirm the Judiciary Committee's responsibility and jurisdiction to investigate the conduct of the President and whether or not the President had committed Constitutionally impeachable offenses.

Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, July 23, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001441
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-07-23
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

Title: Contract from the General Services Administration regarding the building of a fence on Richard Nixon's San Clemente property, November 6, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001442
Topic: Governmental Investigations, Contracts--Government
Dates: 1969-11-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A contract outlining the difficulties involved in completing the project at President Richard Nixon's private home and keeping it under budget.

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