Kenneth Wells Parkinson (September 13, 1927 – October 5, 2016) was counsel to the

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that supported

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

in 1972. He was a member of the Watergate Seven, who were indicted by a

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grand jury on March 1, 1974. Parkinson was acquitted on January 1, 1975.

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