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Title: Additional Views of Congressman Jack Brooks, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001850
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement laying out Jack Brooks's views on President Richard Nixon's impeachment and the alleged crimes committed.

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: Annotated speech excerpts, July 24, 1974-July 30, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002100
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-07-30
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Speech urging the House Judiciary Committee pass Articles of Impeachment out of committee. The speeches are snippets of colloquy that Jack Brooks delivered during the hearings, most falling on Tuesday, July 29th. Brooks's focus in these speeches is on the charges of tax fraud against President Richard Nixon, and his personal efforts to induce the IRS to institute audits and investigations against his political enemies.

Title: Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001834
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Dates: 1974-07-29
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement made by Jack Brooks regarding impeachment and the impacts of President Richard Nixon's offenses on the nation.

Title: Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001838
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement made by Jack Brooks during Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings regarding President Richard Nixon's use of the Internal Revenue Service as a political tool.

Title: Draft Remarks: The Nixon Pardon, September 11, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-002419
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment
Dates: 1974-09-11
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Draft statement regarding President Gerald Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon.

Title: Jack Brooks statement, Judiciary Committee, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001835
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Longer version of statement found in camh-dob-001834 regarding impeachment and President Richard Nixon's offenses.

Title: Misuse of IRS, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001837
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typewritten statement with some edits regarding President Richard Nixon's misues of the Internal Revenue Service.

Title: Proposed statement - burden of proof for impeachment proceedings in the House, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001852
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement from Jack Brooks to the House Judiciary Committee on the question of whether impeachment needs to meet the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. He argues that it does not.

Title: Remarks of Mr. Brooks on Behalf of his Motion (to Authorize Subpoena Authority for Chairman), undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001862
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Remarks by Jack Brooks introducing his motion to give Chairman Peter Rodino subpoena power in the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry.

Title: Remarks on President Nixon's resignation, August 6, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001851
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Impeachment, Watergate Affair (1972-1974)
Dates: 1974-08-06
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Short statement from Brooks calling President Richard Nixon's resignation "the right decision" for the nation. Not clear whether this is the statement Brooks released.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks, Opening Debate of the Judiciary Committee's Consideration of Articles of Impeachment, Wednesday, July 24, 1974
Identifier: camh-dob-001894
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment
Dates: 1974-07-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement by Jack Brooks summarizing the committee's work during the impeachment investigation as they prepare to discuss the articles of impeachment. Brooks calls for bipartisanship and notes that replacing one Republican President with another is not necessarily beneficial for Democrats.