Charles Chuck Wendell Colson (October 16 1931 – April 21 2012) was a Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and later a noted Evangelical Christian leader and cultural commentator.Once known as President Nixon’s hatchet man Colson gained notoriety at the height of the Watergate scandal for being named as one of the Watergate Seven and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers defendant Daniel Ellsberg.
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active years end date
1973-03-10
active years start date
1969-11-06
alma mater
Brown University, George Washington University Law School
birth date
1931-10-16
birth place
Boston
child
Emily Colson
death date
2012-04-21
death place
Falls Church Virginia
occupation
United States Marine Corps
order in office
Special Counsel to the President(for Public Liaison)
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