Louis Patrick Gray III Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Louis Patrick Gray III or Pat Gray (July 18, 1916 – July 6, 2005) was acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 2, 1972 to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglaries that sparked the Watergate scandal, which eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon. Gray was nominated as permanent Director by Nixon on February 15, 1973 but failed to win Senate confirmation. He resigned as acting FBI director on April 27, 1973, after he admitted to destroying documents received on June 28, 1972, 11 days after the Watergate burglary, that had come from convicted Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt's safe, given to him by White House counsel John Dean.By the time Gray had successfully defended himself against five federal grand juries and four committees of Congress, he had been vilified by the press and denounced by the prosecutors who could not prove his guilt. Gray remained publicly silent about the Watergate scandal for 32 years, speaking to the press only once, near the end of his life; this was shortly after Gray's direct subordinate at the FBI, Mark Felt, unexpectedly proclaimed himself to have been the secret source to The Washington Post known as “Deep Throat”.
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 214-215. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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Children: sons Edward, Alan, Patrick, and Stephen.
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Appointed acting director of the FBI by president Richard Nixon following the death of J. Edgar Hoover. Gray resigned this position on 27 April 1973.
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Was shocked when it was revealed that his former FBI colleague W. Mark Felt was the notorious "Deep Throat" informant who provided information about the Watergate break-in to The Washington Post.
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Was director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate break-in and scandal that led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon
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