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United States. Branch/service. United States Army. Years of service. 1943–1946. Unit. United States Army Air Forces. Richard Gordon Kleindienst (August 5, 1923 – February 3, 2000) was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General during the early stages of Watergate political scandal .
Feb 4, 2000 · Richard G. Kleindienst, who was President Richard M. Nixon's attorney general for less than a year in the Watergate era and who pleaded guilty to a crime in a peripheral scandal, died today at...
Feb 4, 2000 · Richard G. Kleindienst, 76, who served as President Richard M. Nixon's attorney general during the first year of the Watergate investigation that ultimately led to the president's...
Feb 29, 2024 · Richard G. Kleindienst was the 10th Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He served as the Department’s second-ranking official from January 1969 to June 1972. At the time of his nomination for the post of Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Kleindienst was a senior partner in the Phoenix law firm of Shimmel, Hill, Kleindienst and Bishop ...
Feb 5, 2000 · Watergate. This article is more than 24 years old. Obituary. Richard Kleindienst. US attorney general brought down by Watergate scandal. Fri 4 Feb 2000 20.53 EST. The popular perception of...
Richard Kleindienst was born in Winslow, Arizona, on August 5, 1923, and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. Kleindienst attended the University of Arizona before going to war, finishing his education with a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and graduating from Harvard Law School in 1950.
Oct 25, 2022 · Kleindienst was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Richard Nixon on June 12, 1972. He resigned on April 20, 1973, and returned to the private practice of law. He died February 3, 2000.
