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Wednesday, October 18, 1972
- A New York Times story says the Segretti's telephone or credit card had been used for several calls to the White House, Chapin's home, and Hunt's home and office.
- An FBI memo states that Assistant Attorney General Peterson does not believe Segretti broke any federal laws and sees no reason for the FBI to continue investigating him.
Thursday, October 18, 1973
- Cox rejects the White House's transcription proposal. Nixon wants the matter of these tapes and any future tapes settled. He believes if the White House and Richardson are against him, Cox will resign on his own.
- Wright, Buzhardt, and Garment draft a letter of four stipulations Cox needs to agree to.
"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