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He was the prototypical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? its no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, may 1972 since the president made the announcement he didnt need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesnt want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election year. wouldnt want it to be at all political so were going to appo...

They were attempt to go wiretap phones and steal documents. what a time to have a friend as fbi director, nixon was re-elected that november and just as the investigation were starting to ramp up, he nominated l. patrick gray to stay on as his full-time full-fledged fbi director. and democrats were having none of it. hours of questioning, it came out mr. gray had been passing on confidential fbi files on the investigation, the watergate investigation to nixons white house council, to john dean. ...

Were saying today its all over for l. patrick gray that the senate judiciary committee will not recommend that he be confirmed as permanent head of the fbi. its being said that the white house knows this and is looking for a grateful way for mr. gray to withdraw. paul duke has learned more of the details. >> there are not enough votes to confirm gray. >> in my opinion the nomination is dead and its just a question of how gentle the execution is going to be. >> just a question of how gentle the e...

He later works at the civil division at the department of justice. he had a ton of nixon administration jobs but he was a close personal friend of president nixon. he was the prototypical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? its no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, may 1972 since the president made the announcement he didnt need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because...

He was the pro-toe typical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? its no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, may 1972 since the president made the announcement he didnt need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesnt want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election year. wouldnt want it to be at all political so were going to a...

That was in may 1972. in june 1972, hey, look, its the watergate break-in. they were attempt to go wiretap phones and steal documents. what a time to have a friend as fbi director, nixon was re-elected that november and just as the investigation were starting to ramp up, he nominated l. patrick gray to stay on as his full-time full-fledged fbi director. and democrats were having none of it. hours of questioning, it came out mr. gray had been passing on confidential fbi files on the investigation...

They were attempting to wiretap phones and steal documents. what a time to have a friend as fbi director, nixon was re-elected that november and just as the investigations were starting to ramp up, he nominated l. patrick gray to stay on as his full-time full-fledged fbi director. and democrats were having none of it. hours of questioning, it came out mr. gray had been passing on confidential fbi files on the investigation, the watergate investigation to nixons white house council, to john dean....

Corroborate it. >> and talk about mark feldman. he was almost indicted. >> i never thought he was the actual deep throat. i thought it was l. patrick gray. i was reviewing information, and saw that woodward and bernstein had made a number of calls to his office. mark was a key witness in terms of whether or not gray had lied in his testimony. it was clear that he was trying to protect the fbi, and was not going to change his story.

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