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...Justice Department and on Nixon's 1972 re-election committee, warmly shook hands with his former boss. Kenneth W. Parkinson, who had been merely an attorney for the Nixon committee, sat apart from the others on a front-row bench, almost as a spectator. Federal Judge John J. Sirica had separated the case of a sixth defendant, Gordon Strachan, because of legal complications caused by previous grants of immunity...
...Ehrlichman entered the courthouse on the first day, he was spat upon by a bearded, heavy-set man who identified himself as a Yippie. Inside the courtroom, everything was orderly as Sirica asked possible jurors, largely black and female, questions proposed by the defense and prosecution attorneys. By week's end Sirica had given preliminary approval to only twelve possible jurors; he would need at least 45 if the opposing attorneys exercise all of the peremptory challenges he has allowed. Many prospective jurors have been dismissed because they would suffer unduly if sequestered from family or business duties...
...conspiracy to obstruct justice in an attempt to conceal the origins of the Watergate wiretap-burglary. The Nixon tapes provide devastating evidence. The chief defense tactic apparently will thus be to challenge the validity of those tapes and try to force the prosecution and Judge John J. Sirica into technical errors that could lead to a successful appeal of any conviction...
...charges or at least delay their trial because of all the adverse publicity generated by the furor over the Nixon pardon. Also as expected, Sirica denied the motions. There may be further appeals, but the trial is now scheduled to begin...
...Nixon activities other than the cover-up conspiracy. Nixon could also be summoned as a prosecution witness and be granted specific immunity against use of his testimony in other jurisdictions. As a prosecution witness, he could be asked questions going beyond topics that the defendants wish to introduce. Judge Sirica could subpoena Nixon as a court witness, further expanding the range of queries. Unless Nixon can satisfy Sirica that he is medically incapable of appearing, his day in court still looms ahead...