The conspiracy trial of John Ehrlichman, once President Nixon's top domestic aide, and three lesser members of the White House "plumbers" team got off to a dramatic start in Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell's Washington courtroom last week. Assistant Special Prosecutor William Merrill charged that a few weeks before Ehrlichman was forced to resign last year, he had secretly removed three incriminating memos from a file on the plumbers in the White Housebut David Young, a co-director of the secret investigating unit, had foresightedly retained copies. Said Merrill to the jury, which consists...
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