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Which former US Attorney General was sentenced to prison time for his role in the Watergate break in and cover up?
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What White House lawyer first revealed the exsistance of an enemies list and hush money at the Watergate hearings?
John W. Dean, III was White House Counsel for the Nixon administration. Dean provided testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee, in which he implicated administration officials, including Nixon fundraiser and former Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon and himself. He was the first administration official to accuse Nixon of direct involvement with Watergate and the resulting cover-up in press interviews.
Who are three people associated with the Watergate scandal OTHER than Richard Nixon?
John Mitchell, former Nixon Attorney General and chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President. H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff. John Ehrlichman, Chief Domestic Affairs Adviser to the President.
How was H. R. Haldeman punished for the Watergate scandal?
On March 1, 1974, seven people were indicted for their roles in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, and President Nixon was named as an unindicted conspirator. Charges against one of the seven were dropped before trial. Five of the remaining six were found guilty. The conviction of one of the five was overturned on appeal. After President Nixon resigned in August 1974, his successor, President Gerald Ford, who was appointed Vice President the previous year by Pres. Nixon after the resignation of Vice Pres. Spiro Agnew, gave Nixon a full pardon for any wrongdoing he may have done in the Watergate Affair. The longest time served among the four whose convictions stuck was nineteen months.Former U.S. Attorney General and Nixon's reelection campaign director, John N. Mitchell, was sentenced to two and a half to eight years in prison for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury. The sentence was later reduced to one to four years, of which he served nineteen months.Nixon's former assistant in charge of domestic affairs, John Ehrlichman, served eighteen months in prison for conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury and other charges.Former White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for conspiracy and obstruction of justice.For obstruction of justice, former White House counsel Chuck Coulson was sentenced to a fine of $5000 and a prison term of one to three years, of which he served seven months.
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What White House lawyer first revealed the exsistance of an enemies list and hush money at the Watergate hearings?
John W. Dean, III was White House Counsel for the Nixon administration. Dean provided testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee, in which he implicated administration officials, including Nixon fundraiser and former Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon and himself. He was the first administration official to accuse Nixon of direct involvement with Watergate and the resulting cover-up in press interviews.
Who are three people associated with the Watergate scandal OTHER than Richard Nixon?
John Mitchell, former Nixon Attorney General and chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President. H. R. Haldeman, Nixon's White House Chief of Staff. John Ehrlichman, Chief Domestic Affairs Adviser to the President.
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