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Geoff Shepard - Biography

Geoff Shepard holds degrees from both Whittier College (Nixon’s alma mater) and Harvard Law School. Following graduation, he spent five years on Nixon’s White House staff; first, as a White House Fellow and then as a member of the Domestic Council staff. He also functioned as Fred Buzhardt’s principal deputy during the Watergate defense effort, where his duties included finalizing transcripts of the White House tapes being released to the House Judiciary Committee and to the public. His book, The Secret Plot to Make Ted Kennedy President, Inside the Real Watergate Conspiracy, was published by Penguin Sentinel in 2008.

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