Committee to Re-elect the President

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United States political action committee United States presidential campaign organization

The Committee to Re-elect the President was U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign organization, best known for its central role in financing and orchestrating activities that led to the Watergate scandal.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Committee for the Re-election of the President	4
Committee for the Re-Election of the President	2
Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP)	1
Nixon campaign committee	1
Nixon campaign organization	1
Nixon re-election committee	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States political action committee ⓘ United States presidential campaign organization ⓘ
activity	campaign advertising ⓘ fundraising ⓘ opposition research ⓘ voter outreach ⓘ
affiliatedWith	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
alsoKnownAs	CREEP ⓘ CRP ⓘ
appliesToOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
campaignFor	Richard Nixon ⓘ
campaignForElection	1972 United States presidential election ⓘ
chairperson	John N. Mitchell ⓘ
connectedTo	White House ⓘ surface form: Nixon White House White House Plumbers ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John N. Mitchell ⓘ
dissolved	mid-1970s ⓘ
employed	Fred LaRue ⓘ G. Gordon Liddy ⓘ Herbert L. Porter ⓘ Jeb Stuart Magruder ⓘ
hasEffect	contributed to resignation of Richard Nixon ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
involvedIn	cover-up of Watergate burglary ⓘ
keyPerson	Fred LaRue ⓘ G. Gordon Liddy ⓘ Herbert L. Porter ⓘ Herbert W. Kalmbach ⓘ Jeb Stuart Magruder ⓘ John N. Mitchell ⓘ Maurice Stans ⓘ
legalForm	campaign committee ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia ⓘ
namedAfter	President of the United States ⓘ
notableFor	Watergate scandal ⓘ surface form: Watergate burglary Watergate scandal ⓘ campaign finance abuses ⓘ illegal campaign activities ⓘ money laundering ⓘ political espionage ⓘ sabotage of political opponents ⓘ
partOf	Nixon 1972 presidential campaign ⓘ
regulatedBy	United States federal law ⓘ surface form: United States federal campaign finance law
subjectOf	United States Senate Watergate Committee ⓘ surface form: United States Senate Watergate Committee hearings criminal investigations related to Watergate ⓘ
supportedCandidate	Richard Nixon ⓘ
supportedRunningMate	Spiro Agnew ⓘ
treasurer	Maurice Stans ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CREEP → alsoKnownAs → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nixon re-election committee

CRP → alsoKnownAs → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-election of the President

Herbert L. Porter → associatedWith → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP)

Nixon 1972 presidential campaign → campaignOrganization → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-Election of the President

CRP → connectedTo → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nixon campaign committee

White House Plumbers → connectedTo → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-Election of the President

Fred LaRue → employer → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

G. Gordon Liddy → employer → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

Herbert L. Porter → employer → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nixon campaign organization

Jeb Stuart Magruder → employer → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-election of the President

CREEP → fullName → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-election of the President

CRP → fullName → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

Watergate scandal → involves → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

Jeb Stuart Magruder → memberOf → Committee to Re-elect the President ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for the Re-election of the President