Correction on our previous post

G. Gordon Liddy is only the last person IMPRISONED for contempt of Congress.

Richard Helms was convicted of contempt of Congress in 1977, but he only had to pay a $2000 fine. So G. Gordon Liddy is the last person imprisoned for contempt of Congress.

Backbencher regrets the error. Thanks to Politico’s formidable legal correspondent Josh Gerstein for setting us straight.