All the President's Men

Richard Nixon called Watergate "the broadest, but the thinnest scan- dal in American history." But Watergate and its associated misdeeds have already involved 28 White House aides and high Republican officials—including a Vice President and four Cabinet officers—in criminal charges. The President's men, and the cases against them:

Spiro T. Agnew Bernard L. Barker Dwight L. Chapin Charles W. Colson Vice President White House plumber Appointments secretary Special counsel Pleaded nolo contendere to Sentenced to 11/2 to 6 years Sentenced to 10 to 30 months Fined $5,000 and sentenced income-tax evasion; resigned for role in Watergate break-in; in prison for lying to a grand to 1 to 3 years for his part in October 1973; sentenced to 3 freed on appeal. Sentence sus- jury about campaign "dirty the Ellsberg case; now serving years' probation. pended in Ellsberg case. tricks"; free pending appeal. his term.

John Connally John W. Dean Ill Felipe DeDiego John D. Ehrlichman Secretary of the Treasury Counsel to the President White House plumber Assistant to the President Awaiting trial on bribery, con- Sentenced to 1 to 4 years for Indicted for conspiracy in the Sentenced to 20 months to 5 spiracy and perjury charges conspiracy to obstruct justice Ellsberg break-in; charges were years in the Ellsberg case; stemming from the milk-sub- in the Watergate cover-up; be- dismissed, but prosecutors have free on appeal. Awaiting trial sidy scandal. gins his term Sept. 3. appealed. in the Watergate cover-up.

Virgilio Gonzalez H.R. Haldeman E. Howard Hunt Jr. Herbert W. Kalmbach White House plumber White House chief of staff White House plumber Nixon's personal attorney Sentenced to 1 to 4 years for Indicted for conspiracy, per- Fined $10,000 and sentenced Fined $10,000 and now serv- his part in the Watergate jury and obstruction of justice to 21/2 to 8 years for his role in ing 6 to 18 months for break- break-in; freed on parole last in the Watergate cover-up the Watergate break-in; now ing campaign laws and selling March after serving 4 months. case; trial set for Sept. 9. free on appeal. a Federal appointment. 50 Newsweek Richard G. Kleindienst Jr. Frederick C. LaRue G. Gordon Liddy Attorney General Ehrlichman's deputy Assistant campaign director Campaign counsel Fined $100 and given sus- Sentenced to 6 months in pris- Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to Fined $40,000 and now serv- pended 1-month sentence for on for conspiracy in the Ells- obstruct justice in the Water- ing 62/3 to 20 years for Water- lying to the Senate about the berg case; released after serv- gate cover-up case; sentenc- gate break-in; concurrently, 1 ITT antitrust settlement. ing 5 months. ing deferred. to 3 years in Ellsberg case.

Jeb Stuart Magruder Robert C. Mardian Eugenio Martinez James W. McCord Deputy campaign director Deputy campaign manager White House plumber Campaign security coordinator Sentenced to 10 months to 4 Indicted on a charge of con- Sentenced to 1 to 4 years in Sentenced to 1 to 5 years for years for his role in the Wa- spiring to obstruct justice in Watergate break-in; paroled af- burglary, wiretapping and con- tergate cover-up; now serving the Watergate cover-up; trial ter 4 months. Sentence sus- spiracy in the Watergate break- his term. set for Sept. 9. pended in Ellsberg trial. in; free pending appeal.

John N. Mitchell Kenneth W. Parkinson Herbert L. Porter Ed Reinecke Attorney General Campaign counsel Campaign scheduling director Lt. Governor, California Acquitted of perjury and con- Indicted for conspiracy and Convicted of lying to the FBI Convicted of lying to a Senate spiracy in the Vesco case; obstruction of justice in the in the Watergate cover-up; committee about the ITT anti- awaiting trial on Watergate Watergate cover-up case; trial served 27 days of a 30-day trust settlement; now await- cover-up charges. is set for Sept. 9. sentence. ing sentence.

Donald H. Segretti Gordon C. Strachan Political operative Commerce Secretary, Haldeman's aide White House plumber Sentenced to 6 months for campaign finance chairman Awaiting trial for conspiracy, Sentenced to 1 to 4 years for conspiracy and distributing il- Acquitted of perjury and con- obstruction of justice and ly- his part in the Watergate legal campaign literature; freed spiracy to obstruct justice in ing to a grand jury in the Wa- break-in; freed after 2 months after 4 months. the Vesco case. tergate cover-up case. pending appeal. August 19, 1974 51