Some people distinguish between this dish and taquitos, a similar dish, claiming that flautas are made from flour tortillas and taquitos are made from corn. The terms, however, are often used interchangeably, and some people believe that taquito is a term coined in California, rather than a true Mexican-Spanish word.
In May 1974, the House Judiciary Committee began formal impeachment hearings against Nixon. On July 27 of that year, the first article of impeachment against the president was passed.
Nixon faced certain impeachment by the House and probable conviction and removal from office by the Senate as a result of evidence showing that he had ordered a criminal cover-up of the role of White House and campaign operatives in the illegal wiretapping of Democratic National Committee headquarters.