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Wednesday, April 25, 1973
- Haldeman asks Steve Bull for several tapes of conversations Dean had with the President.
- Nixon tells Ehrlichman that the Justice Department notified Judge Byrne, the judge in the Ellsberg case about the Plumbers. Nixon tells Ehrlichman he'll have to take a leave of absence. Nixon then learns the New York Times is onto the story that Gray destroyed evidence from Hunt's safe.
Thursday, April 25, 1974
- The deadline to turn over the tapes is extended to April 30.
"[To Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein] Nobody is paying any attention to what you're writing."
Hugh Scott | Republican Leader of the Senate