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After receiving the sensational Colson plea, the sharp-tongued Judge Gesell turned to the tense situation created by Ehrlichman's efforts to gain access to his personal White House files for his defense in the Ellsberg burglary case. Gesell had threatened to dismiss the charges against Ehrlichman if any ev idence held by the White House was denied him. On Monday, St. Clair had agreed that Ehrlichman, his attorney William Frates and a stenographer could see the files...
...Agnew-style effort at plea bargaining is also problematic. For one thing, as University of Chicago Law Professor Gerhard Casper wonders, "who would negotiate it? In a sense Nixon would be negotiating with himself. Jaworski is an appointee to the Attorney General, who is in the chain of command to the President." Stanford Criminal Law Professor John Kaplan adds: "As a practical matter, it might very well be that the attempt would ensure an impeachment conviction." Some Washington observers believe that the only possibility is an informal assurance by various officials that Nixon would not be pursued. Jaworski is reportedly...
...Hocker of Leverett entered a plea of 'nolo contendere' and defaulted the 165 lb. championship to George Haywood of Leverett, who found this out while waiting in the ring...
...beneath. The trip was almost too fast. There was not that much of a spontaneous outpouring by the people of Jackson. There were some placards of dissent around the coliseum (HAIL TO THE THIEF. . . A $476,000 ERROR? . . . YOU CAN'T HIDE HERE). And Governor Waller, despite his plea for people to get behind the President and get the country moving, would not suggest Nixon was innocent of the Watergate accusations. "Always errors are made by people trying to do something . . . We live by and believe in a forgiving spirit," he said. Air Force One lifted...
Jacobsen may begin to plea bargain with the special prosecutors and start talking. What Jacobsen has to say could well doom any of Connally's lingering ambitions for the presidency, unless Connally can exonerate himself. Speaking in Maine last week, Connally again denied that he had accepted the cash campaign contribution, but ruefully acknowledged that the speech might be his last "for a while...