The first full-scale biography of John N. Mitchell, the central figure in the rise and ruin of Richard Nixon and the highest-ranking American official ever convicted on criminal charges. As U.S.

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - A new book on the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon accuses then-White House counsel John Dean of ordering the infamous Watergate break-in in 1972, a ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at Watergate, the 1970s political scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. June 17, 1972 – Five men are arrested after breaking into Democratic National ...

On this day, June 22, in 1977, John N. Mitchell became the first former U.S. attorney general to go to prison as he began serving a sentence for his role in the Watergate coverup. Mitchell was the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The major problem with the Watergate trial is that the prosecution has not gotten to the bottom of the sordid affair, because it has refused to go after those at the top. Last ...

The historically limited tenure of former Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the leadership transition likely to follow, prompts an historical comparison to the extraordinary turnover in the office of ...