Kenneth Wells Parkinson (September 13, 1927 – October 5, 2016) was counsel to the
Committee to Re-elect the President
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that supported
Richard Nixon
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in 1972. He was a member of the
Watergate Seven, who were indicted by a
federal
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grand jury on March 1, 1974. Parkinson was acquitted on January 1, 1975.
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1927 births
2016 deaths
20th-century American lawyers
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