Herbert W. Kalmbach

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Herbert W. Kalmbach (b. October 19, 1921 in Port Huron, Michigan) was the personal attorney to United States President Richard Nixon.

Kalmbach was involved in a secret Nixon polling operation hidden from all but his closest senior advisors. Nixon used the poll results to shape policy and campaign strategy and manipulate popular opinion. On December 21, 1971, Kalmbach set up a Delaware shell corporation with private funding, to hide Administration sponsorship of polls.[1]

Kalmbach was also the Deputy Finance Chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President.

Kalmbach handled a secret $500,000 fund to finance the sabotage and espionage operations of Donald Segretti,[2] and raised $220,000 in "hush money" to pay off the Watergate burglars.[3][4]

But it was his raising of $3.9 million for a secret Republican congressional campaign committee and promising an ambassador a better post in exchange for $100,000 that led to his conviction and imprisonment for 191 days and a $10,000 fine.[5] Kalmbach lost his license to practice law, although he was reinstated in 1977.[6][4]

Kalmbach retired in the late 1980s and lives in Newport Beach, California.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Mokrzycki, "Nixon Aides Ran A Covert Polling Operation," Los Angeles Times (AP), August 13, 1995; summarizing [1]
  2. ^ a b De Witt, "Watergate, Then and Now," New York Times, June 15, 1992.
  3. ^ Eichel, "The 'Duality' That Made the Man: Richard Milhous Nixon, 1913-1994," Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 1994.
  4. ^ a b "Watergate Figures! Where Are They? What Do They Say?", Associated Press, June 14, 1982.
  5. ^ Miller and Morris, "Donations Flood A Loophole," Los Angeles Times, October 11, 1992.
  6. ^ "The Lives They Lead Now," Washington Post, June 13, 1982.

[edit] References

  • De Witt, Karen. "Watergate, Then and Now." New York Times. June 15, 1992.
  • Eichel, Larry. "The 'Duality' That Made the Man: Richard Milhous Nixon, 1913-1994." Philadelphia Inquirer. April 24, 1994.
  • "The Lives They Lead Now." Washington Post. June 13, 1982.
  • Miller, Alan and Morris, Dwight. "Donations Flood A Loophole." Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1992.
  • Mokrzycki, Mike. "Nixon Aides Ran A Covert Polling Operation." Los Angeles Times. August 13, 1995.
  • "Watergate Figures! Where Are They? What Do They Say?" Associated Press. June 14, 1982.


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