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4 days ago · The Watergate scandal resulted in 69 individuals being charged and 48 being found guilty, including: John N. Mitchell, Attorney General of the United States who resigned to become Director of Committee to Re-elect the President, convicted of perjury about his involvement in the Watergate break-in. Served 19 months of a one- to four-year sentence.
May 1, 2024 · Shortly thereafter he began to secretly cooperate with reporter Bob Woodward in the Washington Post newspaper’s investigation into the abuses of presidential powers stemming from the break-in at the Watergate complex during the 1972 U.S presidential election campaign; his inside information was considered instrumental in implicating the White ...
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6 days ago · Watergate. In 1973-74, lawmakers examined events surrounding the 1972 break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. The investigation led to the...
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May 3, 2024 · G. Gordon Liddy (born November 30, 1930, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died March 30, 2021, Fairfax county, Virginia) American political operative and a mastermind of the break-ins that led to the Watergate scandal, which ultimately resulted in the resignation of U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon.
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Apr 25, 2024 · June 17, 1972: Watergate break-in suspect linked to G.O.P. Police and telephone employees check out the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., in June 1972 after five...
Apr 27, 2024 · John Mitchell was the U.S. attorney general during the Nixon administration who served 19 months in prison (1977–79) for his participation in the Watergate Scandal. Mitchell played semiprofessional hockey while working his way through Fordham University (New York City) and Fordham law school.
Apr 29, 2024 · EICHER: But first, recorded evidence incriminates President Richard Nixon in Watergate. Here’s WORLD Radio Reporter Emma Perley: EMMA PERLEY: On a warm summer night in 1972, five men break into the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. At 1:47 A.M., Watergate security guard Frank Wills discovers the break-in. Here’s Wills on Good Night America.