who was nixon's attorney general

Richard Nixon’s first and primary attorney general was John N. Mitchell , who served from 1969 until 1972.

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• John Newton Mitchell was appointed U.S. attorney general by President Richard Nixon on January 21, 1969.

• He served until February 15, 1972, when he resigned to help run Nixon’s reelection campaign.

• Mitchell later became a central figure in the Watergate scandal and served prison time for related crimes.

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