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Jaworski Says Watergate Brought Some Good Outcomes

Former Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski told a Dallas jaycees meeting that Watergate produced benefits such as stricter control over illegal campaign contributions and greater caution in seeking favors in government service. He noted Nixon’s pardon did not amount to cheating justice and called the obstruction of justice issue clear but not to outweigh the shock of leaving office in disgrace. Jaworski predicted the Washington coverup trial largely closes Watergate, with remnants seen in appeals by John Mitchell and others. He recalled leaping over the U S Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court to obtain the Nixon tapes.