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Richard Gordon Kleindienst (August 5, 1923 – February 3, 2000) was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Attorney General during the early stages of Watergate political scandal.
Feb 4, 2000 · Richard G. Kleindienst, who was President Richard M. Nixon's attorney general for less than a year in the Watergate era and who pleaded guilty to a crime in a peripheral scandal, died...
Richard Kleindienst was born in Winslow, Arizona, on August 5, 1923, and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII. Kleindienst attended the University of Arizona before going to war, finishing his education with a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University and graduating from Harvard Law School in 1950.
Feb 4, 2000 · Richard G. Kleindienst, who served as attorney general for 10 months in the Nixon administration during much of the Watergate investigation, died of lung cancer Thursday at his home in Arizona....
Oct 25, 2022 · Kleindienst was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President Richard Nixon on June 12, 1972. He resigned on April 20, 1973, and returned to the private practice of law. He died February 3, 2000.
Feb 29, 2024 · Richard G. Kleindienst was the 10th Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He served as the Department’s second-ranking official from January 1969 to June 1972.
Richard Gordon Kleindienst, a prominent Arizona lawyer and republican party leader, served as U.S. attorney general from 1972 to 1973. He was charged in the watergate scandals and ultimately pleaded guilty to a perjury charge in 1974. Kleindienst was born August 5, 1923, in Winslow, Arizona.
