maurice stans or other figures who could be expected to make the trial first rate political drama. the justice department wants to handle the case as a routine burglary and bugging. >> they were paying money for individuals to shut up about what they knew. >> but there's a problem. hunt's wife dies in a plane crash in december of 1972. and hunt's position on what he needs to stay silent changes. >> a panicked colson called me one day. colson wants to know what he should do because hunt clearly wants clemency and some assurances. when hunt lost his wife, it put his family in a terrible situation, and he was on his way to prison.