Word: itt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cover in addition to its regular commercial jobs. Working with Mullen President Robert Bennett, Hunt conducted an investigation of Senator Edward Kennedy's accident at Chappaquiddick, persuaded Lobbyist Dita Beard to issue a statement intended to clear the Nixon Administration of any impropriety in its dealing with ITT, and estimated the cost of a wiretap of Author Clifford Irving on behalf of Howard Hughes. CIA officials denied any involvement in these activities...
Rodino's aim has been to lay out all of the major allegations of presidential misconduct to determine whether there is an overall pattern of impeachable activity. "Is there a relationship among these things?" Rodino asks, meaning such matters as the Watergate coverup, the ITT and milk deals, the underpayment of taxes by Nixon, the Ellsberg burglary and other "plumber" activities, the secret bombing and the spurning of subpoenas. "Is there a connection between him and them?" The question, Rodino suggests, is "whether there was a serious abuse of power, a failure to faithfully execute the laws, scandal...
...typical day, the committee plowed through three 250-page notebooks. There were 14 books dealing with the Watergate break-in and coverup, three for the ITT scandal (presented entirely by Jenner), three for the milk-fund case and 16 for other matters like campaign dirty tricks and Nixon's taxes. Occasionally members donned earphones to listen to one of the 19 presidential tapes obtained...
...wouldn't have gone so slowly. It would have been clear that largely unproven charges weren't going to be relevant." He was referring to allegations of misconduct that were arguably constitutional or legal, such as impoundment of funds, the secret bombing of Cambodia and the ITT case. The evidence on those matters took one full day and two afternoons to present...
...most controversial bargain was the one struck by former Attorney General Kleindienst. He faced a charge of having lied at his Senate confirmation hearing when he denied that he had been subjected to presidential pressure in the ITT case. But instead of being tried for perjury, he was allowed to plead guilty to the misdemeanor of having "refused to answer" certain questions. Many outside legal experts were astonished that Federal Judge George L. Hart Jr. accepted that strained version of Kleindienst's act. They were even more surprised when the judge handed down a soft sentence: the statutory minimum...