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Assistant Attorney General Henry E. Petersen: "I hope justice is not blind, Senator. I do not apply it blindly...
Ervin's questions at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing suggested that investigators headed by Petersen could have solved the Watergate case two years ago, if they had not shown undue deference to top White House and political associates of President Nixon. Petersen admitted: "While I recognize that everybody is equal before the law, I also recognize that not everybody can be treated equally, and that applies to Senators and Congressmen and Government officials-not because of the person but because of the office...
...District of Columbia. He was a member of the original Justice Department team that investigated the Watergate breakin, and the Senators were far from happy with its performance. But Ervin made it clear that he felt the blame for the original investigation's failure should rest primarily on Petersen and Richard Kleindienst, who was Attorney General at the time...
Terrible, Terrible. The imputation, and Ervin's barrage of questions, outraged Petersen. He shouted, banged his fist on the table, protested that the Senator was being unfair. He complained: "It is fine for you to be critical-this is a terrible, terrible, terrible thing-but do us justice, will...
Indeed, he considered it more a clumsy attempt at flattery by the President, who privately bragged to top aides that he had Petersen "on a short leash," than an actual job offer. Later Nixon appoint ed Clarence Kelley as permanent successor to the late J. Edgar Hoover...