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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...

Nixon administration jobs, most importantly, he was a close personal friend of president nixon. he was the pro to typical nexen loyalist. which is always the way he's described when people write about him to this day. so make him fbi director? no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, especially since president nixon made the announcement the acting part of his title meant he wouldn't need to be confirmed, nixon didn't want it to be a short-term gig. quote, mr. grey will serve until after november 7th because the president doesn't want t...

That was in may 1972. in june 1972, hey, look, it's 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, the watergate investigation to nixon's white house council, to john dean. there was no way he was...

The reasons that that happened was because congress said he had obstructed justice, tried to shut down an investigation that endangered him, that famous smoking gun tape of june 1972. he said to his aide, bob hall, of all things, tell the fbi director to stay the hell out of this. don't investigate the watergate break-in. >> this is fbi director patrick gray -- >> who had to resign and was indicted. >> whom he appointed because he was essentially a nixon supporter who had been subservient to him. appointed him after the death of j. edgar hoover on the first day of may 1972. that shows you how ...

♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, you've met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of '75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 6'1" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. it's the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> that was spring break in my first year in medical school. i went with a bunch of friends to bermuda. that actually is the last picture of me taken standing...