SYND 4 6 74 CHARLES COLSON, FORMER SPECIAL COUNCIL TO US PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, MAKES A STATEMENT — Transcript
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- 0:10i have told the truth from the beginning
- 0:12but i have not been able to testify
- 0:14fully
- 0:15because of a threatened indictment for
- 0:17example i could not appear at the urban
- 0:19committee last year
- 0:21i have watched with a very heavy heart
- 0:23the country i love being torn apart
- 0:26by the most divisive and bitter
- 0:27controversy in our nation's history the
- 0:30prompt and just resolution of other
- 0:32proceedings
- 0:33far more important than my trial is
- 0:35vital to the democratic process
- 0:38i want to be free to contribute
- 0:40to that resolution no matter who it may
- 0:42help no matter who it may hurt me or
- 0:44others
- 0:45that at least is the way i see my duty
- 0:47that is the dictate of my conscience
- 0:51i regret what happened what i attempted
- 0:53to do to dr ellsberg
- 0:55it is wrong whether it is done to him to
- 0:58me or to others
- 1:00and not only is it morally right that i
- 1:02plead to this charge but i fervently
- 1:04hope
- 1:05that this case will serve to prevent
- 1:06similar abuses in the future
- 1:09government officials must know that
- 1:10under our system of government every
- 1:12individual whether a potential or actual
- 1:14criminal defendant
- 1:16is entitled to a fair trial and that
- 1:18anyone who attempts to interfere with
- 1:19that right must pay the consequences
- 1:39okay
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