▁that ▁they ▁were ▁making ▁private ▁don ations ▁by ▁cert ified ▁and ▁c ash ier ' s ▁checks ▁for ▁the ▁president ' s ▁re - e lection . ▁Investig ators ' ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁bank ▁records ▁of ▁a ▁Miami ▁company ▁run ▁by ▁Water gate ▁burg lar ▁B ark er ▁revealed ▁an ▁account ▁controlled ▁by ▁him ▁personally ▁had ▁depos ited ▁a ▁check ▁and ▁then ▁transferred ▁it ▁( through ▁the ▁Federal ▁Reserve ▁Check ▁Clear ing ▁System ). ▁ ▁The ▁banks ▁that ▁had ▁origin ated ▁the ▁checks ▁were ▁keen ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁de pository ▁institution ▁used ▁by ▁B ark er ▁had ▁acted ▁properly ▁in ▁ens uring ▁the ▁checks ▁had ▁been ▁received ▁and ▁end ors ed ▁by ▁the ▁check ' s ▁pay ee , ▁before ▁its ▁accept ance ▁for ▁depos it ▁in ▁Bernard ▁B ark er ' s ▁account . ▁Only ▁in ▁this ▁way ▁would ▁the ▁issu ing ▁banks ▁not ▁be ▁held ▁li able ▁for ▁the ▁una ut hor ized ▁and ▁impro per ▁release ▁of ▁funds ▁from ▁their ▁customers ' ▁accounts . ▁ ▁The ▁investigation ▁by ▁the ▁F BI , ▁which ▁cleared ▁B ark er ' s ▁bank ▁of ▁fid u ci ary ▁mal fe as ance , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁direct ▁imp lication ▁of ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁CR P , ▁to ▁whom ▁the ▁checks ▁had ▁been ▁delivered . ▁Those ▁individuals ▁were ▁the ▁Committee ▁book keeper ▁and ▁its ▁tre as urer , ▁Hugh ▁Slo an . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁private ▁organization , ▁the ▁committee ▁followed ▁the ▁normal ▁business ▁practice ▁in ▁allowing ▁only ▁d uly ▁author ized ▁individuals