person
John N. Mitchell (1913–1988), Richard Nixon's Attorney General from 1969 to 1972, who resigned to run the Committee to Re-elect the President. He was later convicted for his part in the Watergate cover-up. In No. 51 he is the employer of record: the man whose committee paid James McCord.
Across the broadcasts
51
Introduced as the man between the Justice Department and the campaign, whose own denial Mae turns into a test
July 1, 1972
Mae stresses the move from the head of law enforcement to the campaign, the post from which McCord was hired.
"He resigned from the Justice Department for the position to re-elect Richard Nixon"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 1 (1 Jul 1972), 11:05
Mae takes Time's report of the two men in one California hotel the day after the arrests as a coincidence too many.
"John Mitchell and acting director Patrick Gray both showed up at the Newporter Inn in California, Newport Beach, the day after the arrest."Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 1 (1 Jul 1972), 19:25
Mitchell's denial, which Mae reads aloud so she can turn it into a question about McCord's other clients.
"we want to emphasize that this man or other people involved were not operating on our behalf or our consent"John Mitchell, read by Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 1 (1 Jul 1972), 45:45
Connections
hiredJames McCord
Mae says Mitchell appointed McCord to run the committee's security.