Two days after Patman’s initial report, on Friday, September 15, 1972, the government’s long-anticipated indictments landed, a near-total strategic victory for the White House, CREEP, and the cover-up. The prosecutors zeroed in solely on the five burglars, plus Liddy and Hunt—the narrowest case possible, though the Justice Department stated officially, “We have absolutely no evidence to indicate that any others should be charged.”
