#robert mardian

[seanhowe]

Frank J. Donner & Eugene Cerruti on grand juries in The Nation, 1972

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#OTD 3/1/1974 A federal grand jury indicted members of the Nixon administration who became known as the "Watergate Seven": former Attorney General John Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, former Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs John Ehrlichman, former Special Counsel Charles W. Colson, former Assistant Attorney General Robert C. Mardian, former counsel to the Committee for the Reelection of the President Kenneth Wells Parkinson, and former Haldeman Staff Assistant Gordon Strachan. President Nixon was also named as an unindicted conspirator. Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and Colson would all spend time in prison. Charges against Strachan were dropped before trial, Mardian was convicted but his conviction was overturned on appeal, and Parkinson was acquitted. Somewhat confusingly, "Watergate Seven" is also used to refer to the Watergate burglars and their handlers. At the time of the 3/1/1974 indictments, and in addition to the Watergate burglars group of seven who had already been convicted, an additional 17 Nixon White House aides or associates had previously pleaded guilty and 8 more were awaiting trial. (Image: Watergate Complex, NAID 6397452)