Ex-CAP aide testifies Magruder urged perjury in Watergate
Former Nixon campaign aide Herbert Porter testified that Jeb Magruder urged him to lie about money used for dirty tricks tied to the Watergate break in. Porter said he twice faced perjury pressure but refused a second time, while Haldeman described Nixon’s concern over effects on re election and the March report timeline.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
United States
Herbert L. Porter
Senate Watergate Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Magruder
Porter
G. Gordon Liddy
Watergate
White House
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
John W. Dean
Dean
Senate Committee
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Powell A. Moore
UPE
Moore
Liddy
Gordon
John N.) Mitchell
Sloan
Colson ordered Hunt to flee country in Watergate cover up
Colson testified to prosecutors that in 1972 he told E Howard Hunt Jr to leave the United States after the Watergate break in. He said John Dean participated in concealing connections to the plot and acted under orders from Ehrlichman. Colson noted Dean later claimed the order was rescinded after Colson erupted in anger.
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Colson
Hunt
Washington
NYT
John W. Dean Tr
White House
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Dean
John D. Ehrlichman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Watergate Grand Jury
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Los Angeles
Danbury
Conn
Earl J. Silbert
Watergate
Magruder
Dorothy
Nixon selects Clarence Kelley to head FBI
President Nixon picks Kansas City police chief Clarence M. Kelley as FBI director describing him as the best man for the job. Kelley, a 21 year FBI veteran, promises to fight crime while protecting human rights and dignity. If confirmed, he would be the first permanent FBI director since Hoover.
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UPI
Nixon
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Kelley
L. Patrick Gray
White House
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Gray
Elliot Richardson
William D. Ruckelshaus
Oval Office
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee