Nov 09, 1988 · After his conviction of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury, Mitchell was sentenced to a prison term of two to eight years by Judge John Sirica. The sentence was upheld on …
May 18, 2018 · When Attorney General John Mitchell Went to Prison: “You’re Just a Convict Now, Like the Rest of Us”. May 18, 2018. John Mitchell went to prison for conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice. From “In Prison With John Mitchell,” a 1979 Washingtonian story by Ronald James (the pen name of a television news producer serving time for cocaine trafficking), who …
John Mitchell, in full John Newton Mitchell, (born Sept. 15, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C.), U.S. attorney general during the Nixon administration who served 19 months in prison (1977–79) for his participation in the Watergate Scandal. Mitchell played semiprofessional hockey while working his way through Fordham University (New York City) …
Mitchell, however, was indicted, stood trial and was convicted along with three other defendants in the Watergate cover-up trial. Eventually, he served 19 months in a federal penal institution...
It was an ignominious reign (on its own, enough, perhaps, to merit inclusion on this list), but Mitchell wasn't done. In 1974, he was indicted for conspiring to plan …
After his conviction of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury, Mitchell was sentenced to a prison term of two to eight years by Judge John Sirica.
Mitchell, who once said all he ever wanted out of life was to be a 'fat and prosperous Wall Street lawyer,' became the first attorney general ever to serve a prison sentence -- for Watergate crimes he said he never committed. Advertisement.
He was released 19 months later, Jan. 19, 1979. Mitchell was involved in other legal battles. In 1973, he and former Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on charges of perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
John Mitchell, in full John Newton Mitchell, (born Sept. 15, 1913, Detroit, Mich., U.S.—died Nov. 9, 1988, Washington, D.C.), U.S. attorney general during the Nixon administration who served 19 months in prison (1977–79) for his participation in the Watergate Scandal.
Mitchell quickly became a close political adviser to Nixon, and in 1968 he managed Nixon’s successful campaign for the presidency. Appointed attorney general, Mitchell took office in January 1969 and remained there until March 1972, when he resigned to head Nixon’s reelection committee.