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...some spectators laughed in appreciation of his sallies, and defense attorneys objected during a jury recess to what they called the "aspect of French Revolution" in the courtroom. Neal's rhythm remained unbroken. He summed up: "But, of course, everybody is blaming John Dean. But Mitchell also blamed Colson. Ehrlichman blames the President. Mardian blames the White House. And Mr. Haldeman really can't recall enough to blame anybody...
CHARLES W. COLSON, 43, Nixon's special counsel. Pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for devising a scheme to get and disseminate derogatory information about Pentagon Papers Defendant Daniel Ellsberg in 1971; serving a one-to-three-year sentence...
Early Knowledge. The opening gambit of Ehrhlichman's defense backfired as his attorneys asked Sirica to call Charles W. Colson, imprisoned for his role in trying to defame Daniel Ellsberg, as a court witness. That allowed freer questioning and Colson promptly gave damaging testimony against Mitchell, Haldeman and even Ehrlichman. He helped Ehrlichman only in contending that an aborted White House effort to have Hunt leave the country before his arrest was John Dean's idea, not Ehrlichman...
Cross-examined by William Hundley, Mitchell's lawyer, Colson struck back by recalling an incident shortly after the 1972 Watergate breakin. Colson said he had told Mitchell that he hoped Hunt was not involved. According to Colson, Mitchell replied: "He is up to his ears in it." That indicated an early knowledge that Mitchell has repeatedly denied...
...Veniste got Colson to rebut Haldeman's testimony that he was unaware of hush-money payments. In January 1973, Colson said, he had been asked by Haldeman what would happen if Hunt "blew" (talked to investigators). "I said I thought it would be very bad... Bob [Haldeman] said, 'Then we can't let that happen.' " When Colson was finished, Chief Prosecutor James Neal told Sirica in a lawyers' conference that he was "more than willing" for the defense to "bring on more witnesses like Colson...