CNN Watergate Blueprint for a Scandal June 4, 2024 02:48:00
So colson laid this all out in front of ehrlichman, and ehrlichman said you absolutely cannot mention clemency to the president. >> offering clemency to one of the burglars so he wouldn't talk, that would be obstruction. >> but colson goes to the president. the president promised colson executive clemency, in other words, a pardon for hunt with the understanding that colson would tell hunt and hunt would stay quiet. >> seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the watergate building last june. two a...
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