United States v. Dwight L. Chapin

Opinion for the Court filed by Judge DAVIS.

DAVIS, Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Dwight L. Chapin was convicted of two counts of making “false material declarations”, 18 U.S.C. § 1623 (1970), before the grand jury investigating “dirty tricks” engaged in by Donald Segretti on behalf of President Nixon during the 1972 Presidential campaign. Specifically, appellant was convicted of falsely stating that he was not “familiar with” any distribution of campaign literature by Segretti, and that he did not recall “expressing] any interest ... or giv[ing Segretti] any directions or…