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| + | |description=The Townhouse Operation was a [[US deep state]] operation to gain leverage over US [[politicians]]. | ||
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| − | The '''Townhouse Operation''' was a slush fund used by [[Richard Nixon]]'s campaign in the 1970 US Presidential Election. | + | |
| + | The '''Townhouse Operation''' was a project to create a suspicious looking slush fund used by [[Richard Nixon]]'s campaign in the 1970 US Presidential Election. It was set up by the US deep state to exert leverage over US politicians. | ||
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| + | ==Exposure== | ||
It was called the "Townhouse Operation" because it was operated out of a townhouse on Nineteenth Street, in a residential area near Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington.<ref>https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/06/29/watergate-downing-nixon-part-3/</ref> It later came under the scrutiny of Watergate prosecutors. The plan distributed $6,000 in cash to selected candidates, including [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/11/us/files-detail-aid-to-bush-by-nixon-white-house.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/weekinreview/17abramson.html</ref> | It was called the "Townhouse Operation" because it was operated out of a townhouse on Nineteenth Street, in a residential area near Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington.<ref>https://whowhatwhy.org/2017/06/29/watergate-downing-nixon-part-3/</ref> It later came under the scrutiny of Watergate prosecutors. The plan distributed $6,000 in cash to selected candidates, including [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/11/us/files-detail-aid-to-bush-by-nixon-white-house.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/weekinreview/17abramson.html</ref> | ||
| − | + | [[Russ Baker]] details the operation in his ''[[Family of Secrets]]''. | |
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| Description | The Townhouse Operation was a US deep state operation to gain leverage over US politicians. |
The Townhouse Operation was a project to create a suspicious looking slush fund used by Richard Nixon's campaign in the 1970 US Presidential Election. It was set up by the US deep state to exert leverage over US politicians.
Exposure
It was called the "Townhouse Operation" because it was operated out of a townhouse on Nineteenth Street, in a residential area near Dupont Circle in Northwest Washington.[1] It later came under the scrutiny of Watergate prosecutors. The plan distributed $6,000 in cash to selected candidates, including George H. W. Bush.[2][3]
Russ Baker details the operation in his Family of Secrets.
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