 "The New York Times" disapproved in an editorial, saying that the United States "deserved better than a gratuitous revision of the record by the President".Felt and Miller said they would seek repayment of their legal fees from the government.The prosecutor at the trial, John W. Nields Jr., said, "I would warrant that whoever is responsible for the pardons did not read the record of the trial and did not know the facts of the case."