prosecutor and the new book in the and geoff shepard , deputy to the lead counsel and also the other of a new book. thank you for the time. remind us where you were on this date in 1972, june 17. guest: i was in the middle of a five-year term on the nixon staff, the others lawyer on the staff. i knew everybody involved, although i didn t know people in the break-in. the break-in wasn t of particular concern. i had a full-time job working on policy issues and life moved on. it was a very busy and very happy time period couldn t have been prouder than to work on nixon s white house staff. host: wherever you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the where were you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the time and lived in dupont circle and write about the break-in. host: bob woodward was one of the writers. he talked in 2011 and. his from his perspective. we [video clip] those were captured. what did you hear in the courtroom? this saturday they sent me down to the arraignment. thes
defense teams of watergate. jill wine-banks, a former watergate assistant special prosecutor and the new book in the and geoff shepard , deputy to the lead counsel and also the other of a new book. thank you for the time. remind us where you were on this date in 1972, june 17. guest: i was in the middle of a five-year term on the nixon staff, the others lawyer on the staff. i knew everybody involved, although i didn t know people in the break-in. the break-in wasn t of particular concern. i had a full-time job working on policy issues and life moved on. it was a very busy and very happy time period couldn t have been prouder than to work on nixon s white house staff. host: wherever you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the where were you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the time and lived in dupont circle and write about the break-in. host: bob woodward was one of the writers. he talked in 2011 and. his from his perspective. we [video clip] those were captured. what did you
the and geoff shepard , deputy to the lead counsel and also the other of a new book. thank you for the time. remind us where you were on this date in 1972, june 17. guest: i was in the middle of a five-year term on the nixon staff, the others lawyer on the staff. i knew everybody involved, although i didn t know people in the break-in. the break-in wasn t of particular concern. i had a full-time job working on policy issues and life moved on. it was a very busy and very happy time period couldn t have been prouder than to work on nixon s white house staff. host: wherever you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the where were you? guest: i was a prosecutor at the time and lived in dupont circle and write about the break-in. host: bob woodward was one of the writers. he talked in 2011 and. his from his perspective. we [video clip] those were captured. what did you hear in the courtroom? this saturday they sent me down to the arraignment. these were not the average d.c. of
watergate break in, a conversation on two individuals who played a key role when it came to the prosecution and defense of watergate. joe joins us. a former special prosecutor. more recently, the author of the book watergate girl, a fight for truth and justice against the criminal president. jeff shepard joins us. he was a chief deputy to nixon s lead lawyer during watergate. his most recent book, titled the nixon conspiracy. watergate and the plot to remove the president. good morning to you both. thank you for the time. good morning. so, remind us where you were on this date in 1972. june 17th. i was in the middle of a five-year term of office at nixon s white house staff. i was the youngest lawyer on the staff. i knew everybody involved, although i didn t know people in the break-in. the break-in was not of particular concern to me. i had a full-time job, i was working on domestic policy issues, law and order. and life moved on. it was a very busy and very happy time
committee under center sam irvin the man i m worship most in public life. and we were also proud to work for him. on may 17th 1973 out of this very room. chairman, sam irvin began hearing from the watergate scandal these hearings touched the heartstrings of america and ended up helping mold. what we thought would be the future of constitutional government. as then minority leader mike mansfield said no one in the entire senate was better equipped. to handle this thing called watergate than senator sam j irvin. i worked for center sam jay irvin for 10 years. and i can personally attest. that things were different then than they are now. civility reigned remember that word civility and all of and all the people who were here some 60 years ago know that that is the case. too much civility is absent today. consider the level of viteral and the political discourse that exists in government today and even in the halls of congress i cannot emphasize enough the importance of the rela