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Grass Roots Impeachment Movement, fl. 1973-1974 to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09613.02.0221.08 Author/Creator: Grass Roots Impeachment Movement, fl. 1973-1974 Place Written: Los Angeles, California Type: Petition Date: circa 1973-1974 Pagination: 1 p. ; 33 x 21.6 cm. Order a Copy

One petition from the Grass Roots Impeachment Movement to Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead dated 1973-1974. The Grass Roots Impeachment Movement support the impeachment of President Nixon. One page of a petition, listing 12 names with addresses. It reads in part, "We, the undersigned, believe our nation was founded on the principle that no citizen is above the law, and every citizen is entitled to a fair trial on charges of wrongdoing. Accordingly we ask the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon to assure him of a fair trial on the charges that he has conspired in obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury, subversion, illegal surveillance and other unlawful activities."

Moorhead, Carlos J., 1922-2011
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Grass Roots Impeachment Movement, fl. 1973-1974

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