1. Right to a speedy and public trial
2. You can't be tried in a state where you weren't accused of committing a crime
3. Right to face your accusers.
4. Right to call your own witnesses
5. Right to counsel <span>
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The public found out about the corruption that occurred during Richard Nixon's presidency after C. newspaper reporters wrote article after article as they investigated claims of corruption. The most famous of these reporters were Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the Washington Post. The pair undertook a majority of the early investigations into what would become known as the Watergate Scandal.