This (from Wikipedia) is a handy reminder of SOME of Watergate...25 people went to jail---no, not Nixon. Clearly the biggest threat to our constitutional form of govt that has ever happened. The Watergate scandal resulted in 69 government officials being charged and 48 being found guilty. The principals were:[57] 1.John N. Mitchell, Attorney General of the United States, convicted of perjury. Served 19 months of a one- to four-year sentence. [58] 2.Richard Kleindienst, Attorney General, convicted of "refusing to answer questions" given one month in jail.[59] 3.Jeb Stuart Magruder, Head of Committee to Re-elect the President, pleaded guilty to 1 count of conspiracy, August 1973[60] 4.Frederick C. LaRue, Advisor to John Mitchell, convicted of obstruction of justice.[60] 5.H. R. Haldeman, Chief of Staff for Nixon, convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury.[61] 6.John Ehrlichman, Counsel to Nixon, convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury.[62] 7.Egil Krogh, aide to John Ehrlichman, sentenced to six months.[60] 8.John W. Dean III, counsel to Nixon, convicted of obstruction of justice.[60] 9.Dwight L. Chapin, deputy assistant to Nixon, convicted of perjury.[60] 10.Herbert W. Kalmbach, personal attorney to Nixon, convicted of illegal campaigning.[60] 11.Charles W. Colson, special counsel to Nixon, convicted of obstruction of justice.[59] 12.Herbert L. Porter, aide to the Committee to Re-elect the President. Convicted of perjury.[60] 13.G. Gordon Liddy, Special Investigations Group, convicted of burglary.[60] 14.E. Howard Hunt, Security consultant, convicted of burglary.[60] 15.James W. McCord Jr., convicted of six charges of burglary, conspiracy and wiretapping.[60] 16.Virgilio Gonzalez, convicted of burglary.[60] 17.Bernard Barker, convicted of burglary.[60] 18.Eugenio Martinez, convicted of burglary.[60] 19.Frank Sturgis, convicted of burglary.[
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