Jeb Stuart Magruder

Jeb Magruder
Personal details
Born
Jeb Stuart Magruder

(1934-11-05)November 5, 1934
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 11, 2014(2014-05-11) (aged 79)
Danbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationWilliams College (BA)
University of Chicago (MBA)
Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv)

Jeb Stuart Magruder (November 5, 1934 – May 11, 2014) was an American businessman and high-level political operative in the Republican Party who served time in prison for his role in the Watergate scandal.[1]

He served President Richard Nixon in various capacities, including acting as special assistant to the President for domestic policy development, and later as deputy director of the president's 1972 re-election campaign, Committee for the Re-Election of the President (CRP). In August 1973, Magruder pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to wiretap, obstruct justice and defraud the United States. He served seven months in federal prison.[2]

Magruder later attended Princeton Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister. He spoke publicly about ethics and his role in the Watergate scandal. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he gave interviews in which he changed his accounts of actions by various participants in the Watergate coverup, including claiming that Nixon ordered the break-ins.[1]

  1. ^ a b Martin, Douglas (May 16, 2014). "Jeb Magruder, 79, Nixon Aide Jailed for Watergate, Dies (Published 2014)". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "One-time Nixon aide Jeb Stuart Magruder, convicted in Watergate, dies". Los Angeles Times. May 16, 2014.

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