Word: obstructionism
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HARRY ROBBINS HALDEMAN, 48, White House chief of staff. Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and three counts of perjury; awaiting sentencing.
John Mitchell's face flushed. As Attorney General, he had been the highest law-enforcement official in Richard Nixon's stern law-and-order Administration; he had been the President's most intimate political adviser and head of the Nixon re-election committee. Now he stood convicted...
H.R. (Bob) Haldeman's expression hardened. Once Nixon's briskly efficient Oval Office guardian and a superpatriot who had publicly equated the acts of Viet Nam War protesters with treason, Haldeman was also pronounced guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and three charges of giving false testimony. Maximum...
John Ehrlichman expressed no emotion. The former director of the Domestic Council under Nixon, he was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and two counts of lying. Possible maximum sentence: 20 years.
JOHN N. MITCHELL, 61, Attorney General, later head of Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and three counts of lying; awaiting sentencing.