Charles Colson
_ Charles Colson was one of President Nixon's men involved in the Watergate scandal. Colson specialized in political affairs in
the former White House counsel. Not only did Colson specialize in
political affair but he was in the Committee to Re-elect the President
also known as the CREEP. Charles Colson was one of the most dedicated of
Nixon's men saying "I'd walk over my own grandmother to re-elect
Richard Nixon." to show his loyalty . Colson came up with many ideas
regarding the country shaking scandal. For instance in 1971 Colson
"proposed" the firebombing of the Brooking Institution. He did this
thinking that some content that could possibly damage the president
could be stolen while the fire was being put out. Colson also offered
the idea of leaking Daniel Ellsberg's papers. These papers were later
found to also be leaked to the FBI. Colson ended up getting charged with
one count of obstruction of justice. For this he served only seven
months out of the sentenced 1 to 3 years, with a fine of $5,000.
John Elrichman
_ John Elrichman was another one of Nixon's men involved in this scandal. Elrichman was the former assistant to President Nixon. He was in charge of domestic affairs and created a group called "plumbers" that were right in the middle of the scandal. Elrichman along with another one of Nixon's men H.R Haldeman were recognized to those who worked in the White House as "The Berlin Wall". This name was given because these two seemed to be Nixon's "gatekeepers". Elrichman is one of Nixon's men who holds a strong grudge against him. Elrichman became upset after being asked to resign by the President because of the damage done to the testimony by John Dean, a former White House Counsel. For this Elrichman served around 18 months in prison after being sentenced to a maximum 25 years with a fine of $40,000. Even after this John Elrichman was then later convicted of conspiracy, obsturction of justice, perjury, and many other charges.
H.R Haldeman
_ Many people believe that H.R Haldeman could possible be the worst of Nixon's men. Haldeman seemed to be involved in many others plans regarding the Watergate scandal. H.R Haldeman was one who was close to Nixon personally and was told by Nixon "I love you, as you know, like a brother". Haldeman was also known as "The Brush" because of his hair, that was flat at the top. H.R Haldeman was White house Chief of staff and known as the second most powerful person within the government during Nixon's presidency. Haldeman's involvement in the Watergate scandal began when he began telling the CIA to interfere in the FBI's investigation so the crime could not be solved properly. Haldeman was also involved in an 18 1/2 minute conversation with President Nixon that has never been heard, but is assumed to be additional criminal discussion. In the end he was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice while also receiving a sentence of a maximum of 25 years in jail with a $16,000 bail. Post-Watergate he succeeded as a real estate developer and also wrote a book titled "The Ends of Power" in 1978 in which he took responsibility in his actions regarding Watergate.
John N. Mitchell
_ John N. Mitchell played a huge hands on role in Watergate. John, was a former U.S Attorney General and served as the director of Nixon's election campaigns in 1966 and 1972. Mitchell carefully evaluated the results of the first Watergate burglary. After this he ordered 5 men to take photographs, documents, and fix any wiretaps that had gotten broken during the burglary. Once Nixon elected him as Attorney General he began speaking about how National Security should begin wiretapping without the courts permission. These kinds of things began to help him organize the Watergate burglary. He was also caught meeting with the President around three times a week, which did not work to the Presidents favor when asked if he knew anything about the burglaries of the Watergate complex. Mitchell was sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison with a $42,000 fine. He was also found guilty for obstruction of justice and perjury as well as conspiracy. With this he was sentenced two and a half to eight years in prison.
Robert Mardian
_ Robert Mardian was not a large contributor to the large scandal. President Nixon named to head the internal security division of the Justice Department in 1970. Marian left this department and became apart of the Committee to Re-elect the President and aide to John N. Mitchell two years later. Maridan did a few interviews regarding the scandal but did not cause much drama. Because of his little participation Mardian's conviction ended up being overturned on appeal.
Gordon C. Strachan
_ Gordon was also apart of the CREEP, but was luckier than
most. Strachan was the White House aide and Haldeman's liaison. Gordon
was not convicted of anything, in fact all charges against him were
dropped even before the trial began.
Kenneth Parkinson
_ Kenneth Parkinson also played a very small part in
the scandal. Parkinson worked as a counsel for the CREEP. When it came
to the trial Parkinson was acquitted.