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Saturday, May 05, 1973
- Newsweek reports that Dean will testify of two situations leading him to believe Nixon was aware of the cover up. The first in September when the President thanked Dean for doing such a great job. The second in December when Ehrlichman told Dean the President had approved executive clemency for Hunt.
- Haig asks J Fred Buzhardt to come work with him to help the President.
Sunday, May 05, 1974
- Jaworski tells Haig and St. Clair that the grand jury had given him permission to name the President as a co-conspirator. He presents them with a proposal to keep the indictment of the President secret if they give up 18 specific requested tapes. St. Clair is appalled, but says he'll pass the request to Nixon. Nixon begins reviewing the tapes, specifically one from June 23, 1972.
"Now, the President may be right in how he reads the Constitution, but he may also be wrong. And if he is wrong, who is there to tell him so? And if there is no one, the President, of course, is free to pursue his course of erroneous interpretations. What then becomes of our constitutional form of government? . . . This nation’s constitutional form of government is in serious jeopardy if the President, any President, is to say that the Constitution means what he says it does and that there is no one, not even the Supreme Court, to tell him otherwise. "
Leon Jaworski | Special Prosecutor