Herbert L. "Bart" Porter was a campaign aide to

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, he was a member of Trojans for Representative Government with future

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participants

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, Tim Elbourne,

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, Gordon C. Strachan, and

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Watergate

On January 28, 1974, Porter pleaded guilty to the charge of lying to the FBI during the early stages of the Watergate investigation.

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