The Cover-Up

The  White House’s Special Investigation Unit,  called the “Plumbers,” had been set up by John Ehrlichman* to prevent information leaks from the White House and  were also involved  in activities  perpetrated against Democrats and protestors against the war. Four of the burglars had CIA connections and  had been involved in a previous  scandal. (Bay of Pigs Invasion)

Shortly after, a cover-up was undertaken  by people associated with the president and his campaign. Jeb Magruder and others got rid of documents and lied to investigators. The acting  director of  the FBI, L. Patrick Gray, received  and destroyed documents from Ehrlichman (top aide to the president) and  from White House council. After  learning from White House  Chief of Staff  in 1972, that his former  attorney general John Mitchell,  who was now running the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), might be involved; President Nixon instructed  Haldeman to head off a  possible FBI investigation. He argued that the  investigation might interfere with a CIA operation. Dean and others later tried to get the CIA to go along with the plan.. <(COVER UP) On July 1, Mitchell resigned from the CREEP for  "personal reasons."