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Tuesday, June 05, 1973
- After a two week break, the hearings resume and Hugh Sloan testifies that he was asked to cover up cash payments he'd made in relation to the break in including payments to the President's lawyer and Haldeman aide Gordon Strachan. He says he was told he was pressured to commit perjury or take the Fifth Amendment.
Wednesday, June 05, 1974
- The Los Angeles Times report that Nixon was named as an unindicted co-conspirator by the grand jury.
"[To the President's Men] I want you all to stonewall, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover up or anything else, if it'll save it, save the plan. That's the whole point."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States