Charles Colson

Charles "Chuck" Wendell Colson (born October 16, 1931, in Boston, Massachusetts) was the Special Counsel for President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973. He was commonly named as one of the Watergate Seven, but was never charged with, or prosecuted for, any crime related to the Watergate break-in or its cover-up, although he did plead guilty to obstruction of justice in another case. After extensively investigating Colson's activities relating to W... more

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  • Oct 16, 1931 (age 78 years)

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  • 1969
  • 1970
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  • Jun 21, 1974
  • Jan 31, 1975
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