Watergate Hearings - Testimony of Herbert Porter, June 7, 1973.
Watergate Hearings - Testimony of Herbert Porter, June 7, 1973.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 7, 1973. Testimony of Herbert Porter.
Watergate Hearings - Testimony of Herbert Porter, June 7, 1973.
David Dorsen, attorney. Mr. Porter, when did you first become aware of the break in at the Watergate? Herbert Porter, CRP aide. Saturday June 17th in Los Angeles, California. David Dorsen, attorney. And briefly how did you become aware? Herbert Porter, CRP aide. Well, sir, that was a weekend which we were having a large party at a private residence in California for a lot of the celebrities who were going to be supporting the President during the campaign. And it was on that trip that apparently the word, the news broke Saturday morning here and was relayed to some of the campaign officials with whom I was traveling at the time and I learned it from them.
Watergate Hearings - Testimony of Herbert Porter, June 7, 1973.
David Dorsen, attorney. Following the break in at the Watergate, did you have a conversation with Mr. Jeb Magruder concerning any statements you might make to the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Herbert Porter, CRP aide. Yes, sir, I did. David Dorsen, attorney. Where and when did this conversation occur? Herbert Porter, CRP aide. I would say that approximately 10 or 11 days, I m not sure of the exact date, whether it was June 28 or 29th, but in that time frame. Mr. Magruder asked me to come in to his office which I did. He shut the door and he told me that he had just come from a meeting with Mr. Mitchell, Mr. LaRue, himself, and a fourth party whose name I cannot remember where my name had been brought up as someone who could be, what was the term he used, counted on in a pinch or a team player or words to that effect.