Magnesium Phosphate, Tribasic, occurs as a white, crystalline powder. It may contain four, five, or eight molecules of water of hydration. It is readily soluble in dilute mineral acids, but is almost insoluble in water.
In May 1972, as evidence would later show, members of Nixonâs Committee to Re-Elect the President (known derisively as CREEP) broke into the Democratic National Committeeâs Watergate headquarters, stole copies of top-secret documents and bugged the officeâs phones.
He was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury.