Talk:James W. McCord Jr.

Needs more
What happened to him after Watergate? The article just hangs there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.39.174 (talk) 00:10, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

DOB
The date of July 26 as his date of birth was added by Ukelele~enwiki on 22 July 2007 at 04:50. Several sources indicate that his date of birth is January 26. The year 1924 appears to be correct. I propose that the month and year be removed until a reliable source is found. BuffaloBob (talk) 20:40, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

sentencing
The paragraph that had been in this article previously, discussing McCord's sentencing and prison term was riddled with inaccurate, unsourced or poorly attributed claims. The link to the New York Post article claiming that McCord had received a sentence of 25 years offered a quote by a prosecutor who was referring to another case and mentioned McCord's case in passing. In light of other sources, it appears this prosecutor didn't have his facts straight concerning McCord. The other source cited, Watergate: Chronology, located on archive.org, was published in 1974 and the most recent information it gave about McCord's final sentencing was that it had been delayed. Later in the article the claim was made that McCord was released for "time served". The source for this was again Watergate: Chronology, in which this information does not appear and is in fact wrong. The paragraph I inserted clears the matter up with reliable and clear documenting of sources, relying on 1) Sirica's memoir 2) a history.com web article and 3) a NYT article.

Post Watergate Activities
The article states he set up McCord Associates after serving his prison sentence, but the FBI Watergate records state that McCord Associates was incorporated on November 10, 1971. Was his post-Watergate company a separate entity? (see page 104 of https://archive.org/details/Watergate/Watergate%20139-4089%20Section%201%20Serials%201-122/page/n103/mode/2up). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paratrooper450 (talk • contribs) 19:22, 8 April 2022 (UTC)