Watergate Convictions: Mitchell and Haldeman Found Guilty
Three men who ran the most powerful office in the world got 2.5 to 8 years for obstruction of justice. John Mitchell, the Attorney General, had ordered the break-in. H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Nixon's closest advisors, covered it up. All three reported to minimum-security prisons. Mitchell served 19 months. Haldeman served 18. Ehrlichman served 18. The burglars who actually broke into the Watergate got longer sentences than the men who told them to do it.
February 21, 1975
51 years ago
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John Ehrlichman
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United States Attorney General
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John N. Mitchell
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H. R. Haldeman
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John Ehrlichman
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