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A White House aide said the four officials named in the invitation haven’t confirmed their attendance at the December event.

Seemingly new to the job, POTUS, presented as a level-headed leader, has been barely briefed on the workings of the nuclear football and asks the aide carrying the briefcase to run down the responses.

He has since walked the statement back, with a leadership aide insisting that they will swear Grijalva in when Senate Democrats “decide to open up the government” and the House returns to session.

However, a leadership aide for Johnson contradicted the statement later in the day, saying it was “customary practice” to swear in newly elected representatives when Congress is in session.

At the request of Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, Gray told field offices to help Nixon campaign surrogates by providing local crime information.