John N. Mitchell
✓ Source-basedfallingFormer US attorney general, Watergate felon (1913-1988)
John Newton Mitchell was the 67th attorney general of the United States under President Richard Nixon. He also was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer and one of Nixon's associates.
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Mitchell is sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, January 22, 1969. Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the oath while President Richard Nixon looks on.
Mitchell, Richard Nixon, J. Edgar Hoover and John Ehrlichman in May 1971
Former attorney general Mitchell enters the Senate caucus room to testify before the Senate Watergate Committee, 1973
One of Mitchell's former residences (left) in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.Awards 2
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John Newton Mitchell was the 67th attorney general of the United States under President Richard Nixon. He also was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal bond lawyer and one of Nixon's associates. Mitchell was tried and convicted as a result of his involvement in the Watergate scandal.
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