Word: coverups
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stans insisted that his criminal violations of the campaign-funding laws were "not willful." Because the special prosecutor had agreed to lodge no other Watergate charges against him, Stans argued that this "established once and for all that I had no guilty involvement" in the Watergate burglary or its coverup...
...contrast to the jaunty Stans, a subdued and sorrowful LaRue last week learned the penalty he must pay for conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate coverup. The mild-mannered Mississippi oil heir had admitted taking part in the payoffs to the burglars and had testified for the Government in the trial that led to the convictions of H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Robert Mardian and Mitchell. LaRue, a former aide to Mitchell at Nixon's re-election committee, was sentenced by Federal Judge John J. Sirica to six months in jail...
Faring far better was Gordon Strachan, 31, a former Haldeman aide who had been indicted for conspiracy in the coverup. His trial had been separated from that of the convicted conspirators because of legal complications arising from partial grants of immunity given to secure his testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee. Strachan emerged wholly free as Special Prosecutor Henry S. Ruth Jr. revealed that the Government was no longer interested in prosecuting him. Testimony at the conspiracy trial had shown that Strachan's involvement, if any, had been peripheral and as a messenger for Haldeman...
FREDERICK C. LaRUE, 44, C.R.P. aide. Pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the coverup; sentencing deferred while he cooperates with the Watergate prosecution...
HERBERT L. PORTER, 36, C.R.P. scheduling director. Pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the Watergate coverup; released from prison after serving 30 days of a five-to-15-month sentence...