Word: hunts
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Also being investigated by the grand jury as a possible director, along with Haldeman, of a cover-up conspiracy. Admits attending a meeting at which files from the safe of Wiretapper Hunt were turned over to then acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray (Gray contends Ehrlichman and Dean suggested files be destroyed). Admits assigning Wiretappers Hunt and Liddy to investigate "emotional and moral problems" of Daniel Ellsberg. Knew Hunt and Liddy later managed the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist but kept this secret. Met twice with Federal Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr. in California while...
Under investigation by Justice Department for possible perjury after having denied under oath any knowledge of Watergate. Supervised in 1971 White House Plumbers Liddy and Hunt. Authorized their managing of the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist...
Another alleged participant in White House cover-up conspiracy. Was ordered by Nixon to conduct White House investigation of Watergate. Reported falsely that no White House aides were involved. Accused by Gray of having lied to the FBI about whether Wiretapper E. Howard Hunt had a White House-approved office. Also accused by Gray of suggesting that Gray destroy some Hunt files from that office. Attended meetings in February and March 1972 with John Mitchell, Jeb Magruder and Gordon Liddy at which plans to bug the Watergate were discussed. Approved payments to keep the arrested wiretappers quiet, according to Magruder...
Reportedly arranged for use of re-election committee funds to pay arrested wiretappers for their silence. Made some of these payments through the late Mrs. Hunt, who, James McCord says, told him of this. Parkinson denies doing...
...uncommon amount of cash has floated in on nearly every swell of the Watergate mess; some of it inevitably has come to the lawyers. Conspirator E. Howard Hunt, for one, gave his lawyer $25,000 in $100 bills as partial payment of legal fees. Conspirator James McCord claims to have paid his attorney the same amount in the same way. The size of those fees, however, is thought to be minimal compared with some others. New York Attorney Henry Rothblatt, a voluble, flamboyant and highly skilled criminal specialist who represented four of the original defendants, charged them $125,000 even...