John Ehrlichman (Part 5) Watergate Hearings Testimony

[@davidc4764]

Been watching these for days. I was 9 years old at the time. Thanks so much for posting these, Patrick.

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

I was about The same age!

[@johnanderson7124]

I was 10. My Dad would call me in from outside and we would watch it together.

[@scottpyrlik8921]

I was very young when this happened. But I remember it being on the tv. I’m so very happy you posted these Patrick. I would love to see Michals testimony. I have a daughter that is a history major. And she will be watching these too. Thank you again.

[@chiclet_teeth]

Thanks for sharing these great vids. Would love to see the Haldeman testimony.

[@FelixRigg]

Thank you for posting this.

[@franceswitham8214]

I lived through this and was appalled at the levels of lies and deceptions that happened then and still am.

[@1999glock]

Then there was fake Russian Collusion for 4 years and top secret e-mails. Kinda makes Watergate look like a parking ticket.

[@fishjj76]

Genuine question. Who was worse Trump or Nixon?

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

I was as well and I was only 10.

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

@@fishjj76. Trump! But if we had hanged Nixon we would not be here now!

[@AMunoz-rh9cz]

@@fishjj76Trump was. The scope of Nixon’s criminality was much narrower. His goal was acquisition of power but within the confines of two terms. Trump did his level best to undermine, exploit, destabilize and destroy government structures, processes and stability. He hoped to change the rules of succession to extend his occupation of the office as long as possible and by any way conceivable. Trump is at least as interested in material acquisition as in power; Nixon was not.

[@wally1452]

I am very impressed by Senator Thonpson and esp. so when, near the end, he spoke kindly to Mr. Erlichman, apologizing for the way some of that committee treated Erlichman. I am sure Thompson was referring to the power hungry, egocentric Weicker & Dash...both men were pukes and it was very hard to hear & watch them .I loved Senator Thompson... the senator was denouncing the way Mr. Erlichman was treated. This man (witness) was always great at answering questions, he answered wonderfully w/out being verbose, yet stood up for himself...and he never let the rude ones that were trying to "get him", take him down or trick him. Thanks for posting.

[@keithknox5829]

What's most impressive to me, is after all this time, after the Nixon tapes were exposed, that anyone can actually still question whether Nixon knew anything or not, whether about the breakin or the coverup, is absolutely ludicrous! He knew enough, and that was plenty enough to involve him in the conspiracy. What people should question, is why he just didn't destroy those tapes?

[@michaelmcclary8054]

I survived this. I was a 2nd year Professor of Trumpet 🎺 at Augusta State University. Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU 😢

[@michaelmcclary8054]

I grew up as a result of the Nixon Administration. I was the most naive person who ever lived until the Watergate affair. Couple this with the morning of 9/11, and I began seeing a Psychiatrist. I couldn't accept that the U.S.A. had declined that much. Now, we talk like Donald Trump (US Capital Insurrection) is going to be the Republican candidate for President!! I'd rather have Nixon!!!!😂😂

[@beasleybrother1]

Ehrlichman was trying to protect himself and the president here.

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

Ya think?

[@bretthouston1]

@@rathertiredofthemess2841😂😂😂

[@baibamennika4480]

Attorney is so right in everything!!!

[@HisMajesty984]

Hey I did want to ask if you have AG Mitchell’s testimony as it can be equally revealing as to how far loyalty went to protect the President .

[@grandpavanderhof]

WTF was Daniel Inouye thinking when he picked out that jacket that morning!

[@Taurus0508]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Taurus0508]

It is the television that is making his jacket appear purple

[@matthewgabbard6415]

It’s seersucker. It’s a lightweight Summer cloth that has a long tradition in the Senate. Baker was wearing one too in some of the hearings. It used to be very common as Summer wear before air conditioning

[@132indo]

he's high af

[@davewanamaker3690]

What part of Ehrlichman's testimoy with Ervin has them arguing about Daniel Ellsberg's pyschiatrist? That is great theatre.

[@landibear6509]

Start watching from 1:36:21 but I have searched high and low, still cannot find it, unless I missed it. All I know is that is was during the interrogation of Mr Dash.

[@davewanamaker3690]

@@landibear6509 I audio taped it on my recorder back then and would like to see it.

[@landibear6509]

@@davewanamaker3690 I have seen it before too, but for the life of me cannot find it now. If I find the video, I will copy it to you.

[@pakers2128]

This 76 year old man watched those hearing as they happened. I recall Sen Ervin's lecture to Ehrlichman about the civil right of Privacy. When I was in the Army I was stationed in Georgia. Coming from the West Coast it was like a foreign country, like a time warp going back before WWII as far as social control. I never heard Ervin back any civil right legislation. I bet he has said the "N" many times as was the custom in that part of the South, and to lecture about abusing people under the color of law. To this day still pisses me off that nobody in the press challenged him.

[@thomaswilliams373]

It’s in Day 1

[@1999glock]

Haldeman hearings ??

[@gailb703]

Can’t find any testimony from Haldeman. Anyone know where to find it?

[@ilmsff7]

5:20 Was the audience giving Ervin a round of applause as he entered the chamber?

[@rathertiredofthemess2841]

Well he was the GREAT Sam Ervin.

[@Grit489]

The sound is too low darn it.

[@wardenphil]

While I don't think John E. was innocent, I do agree with some of the statements he made about John Dean. Dean was as guilty as anyone else, but he threw others under the bus to save his own neck. I am sick of how Dean, today, is lecturing the press about public ethics. I wish there had been "Son of Sam" Laws back in 1972, to prevent him from collecting book and lecture fees.

[@trysometruth]

"Dean was as guilty as anyone else, but he threw others under the bus to save his own neck." That's a somewhat problematic statement, to my mind. I think it's true that Dean shouldn't have done the wrong things he did. But what he did in his testimony was tell the truth. Others should have told the truth as well. The people telling the truth to the Jan 6 Committee right now (Feb. 2022) are also doing the right thing even though some initially did the wrong thing. You could say they are "throwing others under the bus to save their own necks" too. Welcome to how investigations go. That dynamic is always there.

[@wardenphil]

@@trysometruth Clarification: My objection is to how he comes across as "preachy" about the subject. His discourse is standard issue "The Scandal was everyone's fault except mine."

[@trysometruth]

@@wardenphil Ok, point taken. How many _truly_ remorseful people, who agree they've done wrong, that they are responsible and appropriately culpable for their own actions irrespective of anything else they can point a finger at, are there on the globe at any given moment of time? Likely a vanishingly small percentage of humanity.

[@keithknox5829]

​​@@trysometruth Once Nixon started requesting for a signed written document stating what all Dean knew, or Erhlichman knew, etc, etc, Nixon, basically, was asking them to "rat" out themselves. These men are lawyers, they knew the direction this thing was headed. I believe Dean wanted Nixon to get out ahead of the whole thing, just like he said, but Nixon's answer to that was for him to put it all on paper and sign it. Really?

[@michaelfonseca7848]

50 years ago it doesn’t seem like it

[@LBGirl1988]

One can clearly see that John Eirchlman is definitely an equal or even smarter. I didn’t expect to admire JE but now I do. I looked up his bio and he was a seriously brave and smart man. I am not throwing shade on any other person present but he’s superlative whether one agrees with his viewpoint or actions.

[@fisterklister]

Fascinating to view these hearings. Republicans had more integrity then.........before Trump

[@pauldalnoky6055]

John Erlichtman had a brother named Harry, a little known fact

[@michaelfonseca7848]

Fred Thompson

[@baibamennika4480]

Interesting what would happen if there would exist two attorney general s one nominated by democrats another by republic

[@ИринаКим-ъ5ч]

Martin Karen Harris Christopher Allen John

[@mcclure440]

So Ervin lectures audience on decorum yet when he makes funny jokes throughout the hearings and the audience erupts he says nothing... kind of a double standard me thinks.