Watching Whitaker's embarrassing mendacity and evasion causes me to wonder:

[Atticus]

has an AG ever gone to prison?

It's time.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Yes, John Mitchell, Nixon's AG.

On February 21, 1975, Mitchell, who was represented by the criminal defense attorney William G. Hundley, was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury and sentenced to two and a half to eight years in prison for his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up, which he dubbed the "White House horrors." As a result of the conviction, Mitchell was disbarred from the practice of law in New York. The sentence was later reduced to one to four years by United States district court Judge John J. Sirica. Mitchell served only 19 months of his sentence at Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery (in Maxwell Air Force Base) in Montgomery, Alabama, a minimum-security prison, before being released on parole for medical reasons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_N._Mitchell

[euphorb]

2. Yes. John Mitchell of Watergate fame.

[hlthe2b]

3. Did you forget Nixon AG, John Mitchell?

[riverwalker]

4. John Mitchell

The highest-ranking official of the American government ever to be sentenced to prison was embarking on a four-to-eight year term of confinement, imposed by Judge John Sirica. The crime: the Watergate cover-up—conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice….

Mitchell’s first hour in prison was spent following the routine of the Receiving and Discharge process at Maxwell. He was registered under his new identity—#24171-157. Then he was fingerprinted four times. “In case we make a mistake,” the receiving guard told him. He was photographed for prison files a dozen times. “Different copies for different offices,” he was told. “I’m sure you know all about it.”

After having his clothing measurements recorded, Mitchell was issued a temporary prison uniform—a faded khaki shirt and trousers….Mitchell’s watch and ring were taken from him. (“You can’t have a watch worth over twenty bucks and we don’t allow jewelry here.”) The cash he carried in with him was credited to his commissary account (“Inmates aren’t allowed to have any money at all”)….


https://jacklimpert.com/2018/05/went-attorney-general-john-mitchell-went-to-prison-youre-just-a-convict-now-like-the-rest-of-us/

[jberryhill]

5. .

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=has+a+united+states+attorney+general+ever+gone+to+prison

First result

[theboss]

6. I really don't understand these types of questions

1. I feel like active Dems should know John Mitchell went to prison.
2. You could literally type this into Google.

[Atticus]

8. As soon as it was mentioned, I of course remembered Mitchell. I hope this lapse

will not disqualify me as an "active Dem" in your view.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. I merely assumed you were one o' them young whippersnappers

who didn't have the pleasure of watching the aftermath of Watergate, of which the conviction of John Mitchell was second only to Nixon's resignation in creating in our hearts that warm fuzzy feeling of Schadenfreude. I do hope history repeats itself.

[Dennis Donovan]

9. :-(

That was unnecessarily sarcastic.

[uponit7771]

10. OMFG !! Mitchell was a bastard !! He LITERALLY tortured his own wife !!

[dalton99a]

7. .

[uponit7771]

11. +1, this dude literally had his own wife beat up and drugged !!!