My name is Marty London and in 1973 I was part of the defense team for our client,

Spirotee Agnew, who was vice president of the United States.

Martin London was an attorney at a prestigious white shoe New York City law firm called Paul Weiss.

London had recently wrapped up a high profile case representing Jackie Kennedy,

former first lady of the United States, but in the summer of 1973, along with the rest of the

country, Marty London was busy following every development of the rapidly unfolding Watergate saga.

Good evening. It was John Mitchell's turn at the Senate Watergate Committee today. He spent

the whole day in the witness chair. One afternoon, that frantic summer of Watergate,

Marty London's law partner got a phone call from an unknown number in Washington, DC.

He says to me, Marty, I just got the strangest call.

A fellow calls me and he says he introduces himself. He's from Chuck Colson's firm in Washington, DC.

And he asks me if I can come to Washington, DC tomorrow morning to meet a new client.

That caller presented Marty London and his law partner, J Topkiss, with a cryptic offer

about a mystery client who needed representation fast. Well, that's very interesting.

I was declined. He says, why can't I mention his name on the phone? It's so secure. It's so

confidential. I'm not allowed to mention his name. So, Jay says, well, what is he? He says, he's a very

high government official. And Topkiss says, oh, is he a congressman? The caller says, hire.

He says, is he a senator? He says hire. He says, oh my goodness, is he a cabinet official?

He says hire. He says, oh my god, you're talking about the presidents of the United States.

He says, not quite so high. It was early August. Marty London and his law partner

hopped on a flight from New York City down to Washington, DC to sit down with their new client,

the vice president. I found the vice president to be everything I did not expect him to be.

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