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Obstruction of Justice Plea

United States of America · Politics / Watergate. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1974

Charles Colson3 June 1974

Washington · Politics / Watergate

Pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in a Watergate-related case, removing himself from the forthcoming cover-up trial.

Names involved

Charles Colson

Provenance

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