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He was the prototypical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? it's 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 didn't need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesn't want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election year. wouldn't want it to be at all political so we're going to appoint my close personal friend to serve as fbi director indefinitely without confirmation for as ...

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 nixon's white house council, to john dean. there was no way he was getting confirmed. and democrats at the time were very blunt about that. >>...

Were saying today it's all over for l. patrick gray that the senate judiciary committee will not recommend that he be confirmed as permanent head of the fbi. it's 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 it's just a question of how gentle the execution is going to be. >> just a question of how gentle the execution is going to be. senate got up on its hind legs and said no to president's nixon's fbi di...

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? it's 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 didn't need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesn't want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election...

He was the pro-toe typical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? it's 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 didn't need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesn't want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election year. wouldn't want it to be at all political so we're going to appoint my close personal friend to serve as fbi director indefinitely without kwishlgs for as l...