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Resignation of Richard Kleindienst

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

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Chronological records

1973

Richard Kleindienst30 April 1973

Politics / Watergate

Nixon’s top White House staffers, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, and Attorney General Richard Kleindienst resign over the scandal. White House counsel John Dean is fired

Names involved

Richard Kleindienst

Provenance

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