John Daniel Ehrlichman was a political aide who served as White House Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon.
Biography[]
On March 5, 1972, John Ehrlichman issued a check from the Committee to Re-Elect the President to Eddie Blake for $50,000, drawn from a National Bank of New York account. The check's memo line reads "Creep Payment".[1]
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- The Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP) was a real political organization in the early 1970s. It became infamous for using dirty tricks, illegal surveillance, and slush funds to sabotage Richard Nixon’s political opponents. The name "CREEP" became symbolic of the corruption within Nixon’s inner circle.
