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...slightest connection with Watergate and who could convince voters that justice would finally be brought to bear on those responsible for the scandal. Last week, as Richardson was dealing not only with Watergate but also with a whole new closet of dirty linen possibly involving Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, he was subtly but unmistakably rebuked for his performance by both the President and Vice President. The separately delivered scoldings only underscored the anomaly of his uncomfortable middleman's position: Richardson is charged with overseeing investigations of the only two federal executives who rank above...
Both Nixon and Agnew were incensed by news leaks about alleged kickbacks from Maryland contractors to politicians, including Agnew. The Vice President called a news conference -his second since he was notified last month that he was under federal investigation for bribery, extortion, conspiracy and tax evasion-to denounce an "outrageous" effort on the part of "some Justice Department officials to indict me in the press." Noting that Richardson had promised to look into any suggestion that Justice officials were talking out of turn, Agnew bluntly demanded that the Attorney General "fulfill that promise and pursue such an investigation vigorously...
...Agnew was particularly disturbed by a TIME story (Aug. 27) reporting that Justice Department officials believe that the Vice President eventually will be indicted. Agnew stressed that he did not blame the press for printing such reports because "I cannot fault you for publishing information given to you by informants within the Department of Justice." Instead, he said, "the blame must rest with those who gave this information to the press...
...Clemente press conference the next day, Nixon fully applauded Agnew's blast at his investigators. Discussion of cases on which grand jury action is pending, the President said, is highly improper because during such probes "all kinds of charges are made which will not stand up in open court." Then, clearly leaving the impression that he was dissatisfied with Richardson's failure to effect total secrecy in the matter, he announced that he had ordered the Attorney General to investigate his department's leaks. Anyone found to have given unauthorized information about the Agnew case...
...Probe. In a reply to Agnew, Richardson dutifully expressed his "dismay" at the unofficial reporting of the case and promised to bring in the FBI to probe it. However, he pointed out, it is not a crime for those with knowledge of an investigation to discuss it until the case is actually being heard by a grand jury-a stage that the inquiry into Agnew's affairs is not expected to reach until after Labor Day. Thus, said Richardson, in any case as explosive as the Vice President's, there may be "no fully effective means" of halting...