Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson (born October 16, 1931) is a Christian

Christian

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 leader, cultural commentator, and former Special Counsel

White House Counsel

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 for President

President of the United States

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 Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

 from 1969 to 1973.

He was commonly named as one of the Watergate Seven

Watergate Seven

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, and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice

Obstruction of justice

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 for attempting to defame Pentagon Papers

Pentagon Papers

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 defendant Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

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. He converted to Christianity in 1973, and the following year served seven months of a one-to-three year sentence in the federal Maxwell Prison in Alabama

Alabama

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 as the first member of the Nixon administration to be incarcerated for Watergate-related charges.

Colson's later life has been spent working with his non-profit organization

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 devoted to prison ministry called Prison Fellowship

Prison Fellowship

Prison Fellowship is a Christian prison outreach and criminal justice reform organization. Its programs reach prisoners, ex-prisoners, and families of prisoners throughout the United States and, through Prison Fellowship International , in 112 countries worldwide.- Leadership :Charles W...

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