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...April 7, 1972, the deadline for such secret contributions, but the sum had been pledged earlier-and that was what counted, he said. And when he did receive the money from Vesco's men, Stans testified, he made it clear that there were no strings attached. "On my oath," he declared in court, "I never did anything to help Robert Vesco...
...anti-Nixon activities. As scheduling director of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President, he was aware that the money actually had been transferred to G. Gordon Liddy for dirty tricks, including the Watergate breakin. Strictly speaking, Porter had not committed perjury because he was not under oath, but he broke the law by lying to a federal agency in the course of an investigation. Porter thus becomes the 17th defendant to be convicted in the Watergate and related campaign scandals. There are likely to be still more convictions as the court calendars are filled in. Fourteen defendants...
...witness raised his right hand to take the oath in a Manhattan courtroom last week, his left hand flexed tensely three times, then relaxed. It was the only instance in the 27 days of testimony that tough John Mitchell, 60, former U.S. Attorney General, betrayed any signs of nervousness. Along with former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans, 66, Mitchell is charged with perjury, conspiracy and obstructing justice as an outgrowth of a secret $200,000 cash donation to President Nixon's re-election campaign from Financier Robert Vesco on April 10,1971. That gift was allegedly made in exchange...
...four months, the share of people surveyed by the statewide Minnesota poll who want Nixon to resign has gone from 36% to 47%-just two points below those who want him to continue in office. Asked if they felt that Nixon had broken his oath of office, 58% said yes. In California, the Field Poll found 46% believed that Nixon should be impeached, an additional 24% felt that he should resign, and only 23% said that the investigations should be dropped...
...public shock at the series spread, Lugar defensively pointed out the difference between an anonymous tipster and a grand-jury witness. He said citizens had sometimes brought him charges similar to those running in the Star. "When I've asked them to testify under oath before the Marion County grand jury," he complained, "many disappear." But Lugar's problem did not. Questions about police corruption began popping up at speeches given well outside Indianapolis, and Lugar decided to deal with the issue at home. He formed a seven-man committee to study the police department, began interviewing some...