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...prosecutors were right on the verge of bringing criminal charges against Nixon. The Watergate grand jury, which had named Nixon as an unindicted coconspirator, was ready to receive the evidence. All that was needed to begin the case was to get the approval of the Watergate special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski. Then Jaworski made clear that if the decision were left to him alone, he would prosecute Nixon. The law, said Jaworski, demanded an indictment. His staff agreed unanimously...
...Indeed, Jaworski had told Ford's legal counsel, Philip Buchen, that the grand jury was virtually certain to indict Nixon and the list of charges could be lengthy and varied. The White House believed that the indictments would be handed down as soon as the second week of September?this week?although Jaworski in fact did not intend to obtain them until after the Watergate cover-up jury was sequestered in October. Still, it was clear that Nixon could be spared only by one act by one man: a pardon from Gerald Ford...
Telephoning Martha Mitchell-style from seclusion in San Clemente, Richard Nixon could perhaps be excused a mental block in failing to remember the name of Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. As related by the recipient of the call, Republican Congressman Dan Kuykendall of Tennessee, Nixon thanked him for his longtime support and seemed concerned about his own future. "Do you think the people are going to want to pick the carcass?" asked the former President...
...quartered." The plain fact is that the former President's own tapes provide prima-facie evidence that he was a participant in the Watergate cover-up conspiracy for which his aides have been charged with crimes. It is on that basis that Nixon does indeed have "problems" with Jaworski...
...brings unique qualifications to his Nixon defense role. A Republican who campaigned for Robert Kennedy in his 1968 presidential primary drive, Miller had served as chief of the Justice Department's Criminal Division when Kennedy was Attorney General. There he became acquainted with many members of the present Jaworski staff, including James Neal, who will head the prosecution team in the conspiracy trial. A frequent guest at Kennedy's Hickory Hill estate, the gregarious, pun-loving Miller retained his Republican credentials by running, unsuccessfully, for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in 1970. He was among the personal advisers summoned...