Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal

Revisionist historian went to DOJ headquarters to present his case that former president, his associates weren’t treated fairly WASHINGTON—For nearly two years, the Justice Department has made it a priority to investigate people who previously investigated President Trump. Now it is reaching back in history to consider whether prosecutors mistreated an earlier Republican president: Richard Nixon.The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. AdvertisementGeoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian...