Existing comment:
"Unindicted co-conspirator"
Agnew -- Guilty
Kleindienst -- Guilty
Kalmbach -- Guilty
Magruder -- Guilty
Chapin -- Guilty
Porter -- Guilty
Krogh -- Guilty
Ehrlichman -- Guilty
Colson -- Guilty
Nixon, "unindicted co-conspirator"
By July 14, 1974, President Richard Nixon stood almost alone. His vice-president Spiro Agnew, pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of tax evasion, and was forced to resign. Many of Nixon's closest aides had been convicted of illegal activities. Nixon himself was named an "un-indicted co-conspirator" by the Watergate grand jury. A few days later, the House Judiciary Committee recommended impeachment, and the Supreme Court required him to turn over all subpoenaed tapes. When even his closest friends, reviewing these tapes, agreed that the evidence against him was overwhelming, Nixon bowed to the inevitable, resigning on August 9. |