Martha Mitchell

DateMarch 5 1975

Can DescriptionsSOF (shot 3/5/1975, aired 3/6/1975)

Viewing NotesMartha Mitchell, wife of U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell during the Nixon administration, answers questions from a room full of reporters about her husband's conviction and sentencing on charges following the Watergate scandal. She also talks about continued harassment from the government, particularly the FBI, in her day to day life. She points to experiences during her appearances on a television show, Panorama, and a Canadian version of the Tonight Show. She predicts actions of President Ford, and jokes about the quote "Martha who?" She says she is retiring to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Some of the interview occurred at the Colonnade Hotel.