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Thursday, September 28, 1972
- The Mitchell story runs in the paper and Katherine Graham asks Bernstein if he has any more messages for her.
- Bernstein receives a call from a lawyer who says his friend, Alex Shipley, an assistant attorney general of the state of Tennessee, had been invited to join a team of people whose job was to sabotage the Democratic primaries with limitless resources at their disposal.
"I can say categorically that his investigation indicates that no one on the White House staff...presently employed, was involved in this very bizarre incident. What really hurts in matters of this sort is not the fact that they occur...What really hurts is if you try to cover it up."
Richard Nixon | President of the United States