Word: obstructiveness
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...question of whether the grand jury had the authority to cite Nixon. The court also unsealed the jury's citation, which said it believed "that there is probable cause that Richard M. Nixon, among others, was a member of the conspiracy to defraud the United States and to obstruct justice...
...offense of his own choosing-one that had not even been placed against him by the grand jury. A few minutes later, he emerged from the courtroom to recite a statement to the press, refusing to answer any questions. The remarks were conciliatory and apologetic for his attempt to obstruct justice in the Ellsberg case...
...learning of the coverup, what did the President do? The operation that Dean described to the President on March 21 constituted a criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice. By law, any citizen must report the discovery of a crime at once. In his speech, Nixon asserted that "after March 21, my actions were directed toward finding the facts and seeing that justice was done fairly and according...
Dean Under Fire. Some jurors found Dean to be an impressive witness during his testimony, which bore on three of the perjury counts against Mitchell. But they were put off by his admission that he was awaiting sentencing for his confession of guilt on conspiracy to obstruct justice in the Watergate coverup. Moreover, they were unsettled by the fact that he admitted under cross-examination that he hoped his performance at the Mitchell-Stans trial would be noted by the judge who would mete out his punishment. Clarence Brown, a postal employee, expressed his fellow jurors' feelings: "I liked John...
...whole point, and I just don't know. And I was serious when I said to John [Ehrlichman] at the end there, damn it all, these guys that participated in raising money, etc., have got to stick to their line?that they did not raise this money to obstruct justice...