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John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon and was chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns.
John N. Mitchell served as attorney general in the Nixon administration from 1969 to 1972. He was involved in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, and was sentenced to 19 months in prison for his role in the scandal.
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 23, 2018 · John Newton Mitchell was a lawyer, attorney general, and naval officer who helped Richard Nixon win the 1968 presidential election. He was also involved in the Watergate scandal and was convicted of obstruction of justice, perjury, and conspiracy in 1974.
May 29, 2024 · John Mitchell (born Sept. 15, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C.) 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.
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John N. Mitchell, the only United States attorney general to serve a prison sentence, died here yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was 75.
Mitchell's outspoken wife, Martha, died in 1976. In 1981, Simon and Schuster sued the former attorney general after he failed to deliver a promised Watergate memoir.
