Well, then. That settles that. Happy days are here again...
Dateline 1972
President Nixon said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct involvement in the Watergate break-in and his White House aides “did nothing inappropriate.”
Nixon said he is prepared to make the review public, but decided to hold off because prosecutors asked for a delay and “I don’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation.”
Controversy has swirled around the president and his White House chief of staff H. R. “Bob” Haldeman, following the Watergate arrests last week on charges the Republicans were engaging in illegal “dirty trick”.
Nixon, fielding questions at a news conference, sidestepped when asked whether G. Gordon Liddy had any dealings with the arrested burglars.
Liddy was one of several aides who watched the news conference from the wings.
The president pledged the results of the investigation by his White House counsel would be released “in due course.”
He said the probe was complete and thorough, but did not say which of his aides his lawyer interviewed, whether any of them was under oath at the time, or any other details.