Word: jaworskis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problems with that fellow ...uh...uh..." "Jaworski...
...Jaworski decision could be influenced by whatever the special prosecutor yet learns about Nixon's Watergate role in the tapes he is now acquiring. His staff indicated last week that it has no plans to subpoena any more tapes or documents from the ex-President. Nevertheless, the Jaworski team demonstrated that it had more than a casual interest in the 950 reels of taped Nixon conversations still locked up in the Executive Office Building. Among their final official acts, Nixon's chief Watergate defense lawyers, James St. Clair and J. Fred Buzhardt, advised Ford's staff that...
That decision was modified, however, when Ford's assistants learned that Jaworski had been merely advised of the opinion by the Nixon lawyers, rather than consulted on it and concurring with it as the aides had been led to believe. That produced an abrupt about-face from the White House and an announcement from Jaworski's office that it was agreed no tapes will be moved "pending further discussion" with the special prosecutor's staff...
...Watergate episode has vindicated our faith in the collective wisdom of the American people. Public pressure has helped force several vital developments in the case, from the appointment of Leon Jaworski to the collapse of congressional support for the President and his ultimate resignation. Now the public must also determine the Nixon immunity question. It is not a problem that should be dumped solely on Mr. Jaworski. After a period of contemplation, the Congress should gauge public sentiment and advise the special prosecutor...
Politically, it's a no-win situation for the Congress, similar to the impeachment vote prior to the last tapes revelations. But the problem must be faced. An appropriate attitude for Jaworski would be: "I'm going to proceed with the criminal investigation of Ordinary Citizen Nixon until I hear differently from the Congress." In that way, even congressional inaction will represent acquiescence with a course of prosecutorial conduct...