Watergate Seven

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Watergate
(timeline)
Events
Pentagon Papers Watergate first break-in Watergate tapes Saturday night massacre United States v. Nixon
People
Carl Bernstein Archibald Cox John Dean Deep Throat Daniel Ellsberg E. Howard Hunt G. Gordon Liddy John N. Mitchell Richard Nixon John Sirica Watergate Seven Bob Woodward
Groups
CREEP White House Plumbers Senate Watergate Committee

The Watergate Seven were advisors and aides to United States President Richard M. Nixon who were indicted by a grand jury on March 1, 1974. The grand jury also named Nixon an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictments marked the first time in U.S. history that a president and his closest advisors were charged for criminal actions.

The seven indicted were:

• John N. Mitchell - former United States Attorney General and director of Nixon's 1966 and 1972 election campaigns; faced a maximum of 30 years in prison and $42,000 in fines; on February 21, 1975, Mitchell was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury and sentenced to two and a half to eight years in prison.
• H. R. Haldeman - White House chief of staff, considered the second most powerful man in the government during Nixon's first term; faced a maximum of 25 years in prison and $16,000 in fines; in 1975, he was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, and sentenced to an 18-month prison sentence.
• John Ehrlichman, former assistant to Nixon in charge of domestic affairs; faced a maximum of 25 years in prison and $40,000 in fines.
• Charles Colson - former White House counsel specializing in political affairs; pleaded guilty on June 3 to one charge of obstruction of justice; he was sentenced to 1 to 3 years of prison and fined $5,000; Colson voluntarily agreed later that year to a plea of nolo contendere (no contest) to obstruction of justice
• Gordon C. Strachan - White House aide to Haldeman; faced a maximum of 15 years in prison and $20,000 in fines.
• Robert Mardian - aide to Mitchell and counsel to the Committee to Re-elect the President in 1972; faced 5 years in prison and $5,000 in fines.
• Kenneth Parkinson - counsel for the Committee to Re-elect the President; faced 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

 

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