Magruder, Watergate Figure, Has Vote Restored
As one of his last official acts, Gov. Brereton Jones on Monday restored Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder’s right to vote.
Magruder, now a minister, spent seven months in prison for trying to cover up the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972. The break-in and cover-up led to the fall of Richard Nixon’s presidency.
Even though Magruder was convicted of a federal crime, obstruction of justice, Jones apparently had the authority to restore Magruder’s right to vote.
Get the L.A. Times Politics newsletter
Deeply reported insights into legislation, politics and policy from Sacramento, Washington and beyond. In your inbox three times per week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
