10 Facts About Richard Ben-Veniste

Richard Ben-Veniste was born on January 3,1943 and is an American lawyer.

Richard Ben-Veniste first rose to prominence as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal.

Richard Ben-Veniste is known for his pointed questions and criticisms of members of both the Clinton and George W Bush administrations.

Richard Ben-Veniste was an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York, and chief of the Special Prosecutions section,.

Richard Ben-Veniste became a leading Watergate prosecutor, as chief of the Watergate Task Force of the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office,.

Richard Ben-Veniste was the Democrats' chief counsel on the Senate Whitewater Committee which investigated a variety of allegations involving Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Richard Ben-Veniste argued that the Clintons did no wrong in connection with their investment in a failed land development project named Whitewater, or in their other Arkansas business affairs, nor did they commit violations of law after Mr Clinton became president.

Richard Ben-Veniste was a presidential appointee to the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group, which ultimately declassified some 8 million documents relating to war crimes in the World War II and post-war era.

Richard Ben-Veniste joined Weil, Gotshal and Manges in 1991, where he was a partner until 2002.

Richard Ben-Veniste was a partner at Mayer Brown LLP from 2002 until January 2023.