Word: plead
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...says a Dean friend, would be like going before the committee "with his fanny showing." Actually, full immunity is available under old laws until they expire in 1974, and the Attorney General could authorize it if he wished. But so far, the prosecutors have offered only to let Dean plead guilty to one count of obstruction of justice, with the likelihood of a suspended sentence if he proves to be a cooperative witness. Dean is said to have refused such a deal. His reasons: It would involve an admission of guilt, and confession to a felony would probably result...
Stage Set. Another key witness, Jeb Stuart Magruder, former deputy director of the Nixon re-election committee, has agreed to plead guilty and turn Government witness. Since he has admitted sitting in on the meetings in Attorney General John Mitchell's office at which the Watergate spying plans were first discussed, he is believed to have great knowledge of the burglary and the coverup...
Nixon insisted that he had neither authorized nor known about offers of Executive clemency to persuade the Watergate burglars to plead guilty and remain silent. He also insisted that he had made no attempt to get the CIA to take the blame for the Watergate operation? and had authorized no one else to do so. He denied authorizing or encouraging "subordinates to engage in il legal or improper campaign tactics." Curiously, he did not say whether he had been aware of such activities...
...Plead guilty. One year is a long time #91;but#93; you will get Executive clemency...
...most potentially explosive witness, Counsel Dean, talked privately to one Senate committee member last week, Connecticut Republican Lowell Weicker. Some lawyers suspect that Dean hopes to air his testimony publicly before the committee, then plead that the widespread publicity would make it impossible to find an unbiased jury for any trial on criminal charges. Others too might try this tactic, or seek immunity from the grand jury, creating something of a marketplace for officials trying to avoid jail...