Whittaker Chambers was a short, stocky, and rumpled Columbia drop-out and confessed former Communist from a poor and troubled Philadelphia family. Time and time again the two men would tell flatly contradictory stories about Hiss's allegiances during the period from to to congressional committees.
Hiss, according to Chambers, was a dedicated Communist engaged in espionage, even while working at the highest levels of the United States government. Hiss told a very different story, claiming unflinching loyalty and denying even membership in the Communist Party. A young Ted Kennedy joyously downs whiskey as he watches the address on TV, anticipating that this will be the end to the Republican president.
He declares his innocence and announces he will fight the accusations. That sets up a hypothetical impeachment trial that posits the audience as the Senate. And in this trial, actual documents that have been uncovered in recent years are used to dispute the conventional wisdom that Nixon is a guilty man.
The creators of the play promise that everything revealed at the fictional impeachment trial is real and substantiated by the historical record.
The play thus gives Nixon the impeachment trial he never had. He is instead defiant to his last breath. The Nixon in the play also stands up for his record as president, and launches into a soliloquy about all he has done for the country:. I created the EPA. I brought more women to work in government than ever before. I created OSHA, desegregated the schools in the south, and ended the military draft. By the time I was ready to run for reelection, we had detente with Russia, we had an opening with China, I could go on.
Shepard is played by Nick Mauldin, whose lively presence — and humorous relationship with the elder lawyer also defending Nixon — ensures the legal play remains captivating. Overwhelmingly, the audience said that Nixon was not guilty. It appeared he did not have a lot of knowledge about what was going on. There was simply not enough evidence for a guilty verdict. A Fox News article from Sunday night illuminated something which Read More.
The materials can also be found at the following websites:. Nixon in connection with various investigations being conducted by the WSPF. Nixon was questioned over the period of two days, June 23 and June 24, , and the testimony was taken as part of various investigations being conducted by the January 7, , Grand Jury for the District of Columbia the third Watergate Grand Jury.
Chief Judge George Hart signed an order authorizing that the sworn deposition of Mr.
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