John Daniel Ehrlichman

John Daniel Ehrlichman was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon. He was a key figure in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the ensuing Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury and served a year and a half in prison.

In an interview conducted in 1994, released on 2016, Ehrlichman confessed that Nixon's war on drugs was targeted on blacks, hippies and anti-war left, not drugs.

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12th White House Counsel

President Richard Nixon

Preceded by Larry Eugene Temple

Succeeded by John Dean

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Born March 20, 1925(1925-03-20)

Tacoma, Washington,

United States

Died February 14, 1999 (aged 73)

Atlanta, Georgia,

United States

Political party Republican

Alma mater UCLA

Stanford Law School

Profession Lawyer

Religion Christian Science

John Daniel Ehrlichman (March 20, 1925 – February 14, 1999) was counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under President Richard Nixon.