Dorothy Hunt

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Dorothy Hunt (April 1, 1920 – December 8, 1972) was a central figure in the 1972 Watergate coverup, known posthumously as the "Watergate paymistress". During the 1940s, she was employed in Europe and China by the US Treasury and State departments, potentially as a cover for intelligence work. She lived and worked in Latin America along with her husband, CIA agent E. Howard Hunt. In 1972, after her husband and his co-conspirators were arrested, she negotiated for "hush money" and delivered it to the burglars. Dorothy Hunt was killed in a plane crash while carrying over $10,000 in cash, revealing publicly her role in the coverup. Official reports and modern consensus concluded the crash was accidental, while conspiracy theories speculate she might have been murdered for attempting to blackmail the president or the CIA. Journalist Garrett M. Graff has argued Dorothy Hunt's death was pivotal to the unravelling of the Watergate coverup. Dorothy Hunt was prominently featured as a character...

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