47 Years Ago Today; Arthur Bremer attempts to assassinate presidential nominee George Wallace

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Nixon sent E Howard Hunt to plant pro-McCarthy pamphlets in Bremer's Apt.

Report: Nixon plotted 'ultimate dirty trick'

UPI, Dec. 6, 1992

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After learning this just hours after the shooting, Nixon and Colson, his special counsel, decided to plant McGovern campaign literature in Bremer's apartment in an attempt to make it look as if Democratic party politics were involved in the assassination attempt. With Wallace out of the race, liberal Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota appeared to be the most likely contender for the Democratic nomination and would thus be Nixon's opponent in the general election.

'Nixon is energized and excited by what seems to be the ultimate political dirty trick: the FBI and the Milwaukee police will be convinced, and will tell the world, that the attempted assassination of Wallace had its roots in left-wing Democratic politics,' Hersh wrote.

He said Nixon and Colson ordered former CIA operative E. Howard Hunt -- later to play a key role in the planning of the Watergate break-in -- to Milwaukee to remove Bremer's political tracts and replace them with McGovern campaign literature. However, the plan was canceled when the FBI got to Bremer's apartment first and sealed it off.

Hersh said Colson, now a 'born-again' Christian, confirmed the scheme in an interview and said the tapes captured 'the black side to our natures.'

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https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/12/06/Report-Nixon-plotted-ultimate-dirty-trick/3365723618000/

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