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Source: Time Magazine

12-12-2018

The Striking Similarities Between Why Trump’s and Nixon’s Personal Lawyers Were Sent to Prison

Herbert W. Kalmbach, President Richard Nixon’s personal lawyer, received a prison sentence on June 17, 1974, exactly two years after the Watergate break-in, for funneling hush money to Watergate defendants.

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The Striking Similarities Between Why Trump’s and Nixon’s Personal Lawyers Were Sent to Prison