Allegations that Watergate prosecutors engaged in misconduct are now under preliminary review at the Justice Department.

Geoff Shepard, a former Nixon administration official and author, was invited by a senior DOJ official to bring his findings to the Office of Professional Responsibility. He presented a 78-page slide deck titled "Watergate As Lawfare" over a two-hour meeting at department headquarters. Shepard's claim: special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski violated due process by holding secret ex parte meetings with trial judges, among them Chief Judge John Sirica, and by suppressing exculpatory evidence that never reached the defense. The department confirmed the meeting to

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