Edward S. Miller was the Deputy Assistant Director of the Inspections Division under Mark Felt with the United States

United States

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 Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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In November 1980, Miller, then head of the FBI's Domestic Intelligence Division, and W. Mark Felt

W. Mark Felt

William Mark Felt, Sr. was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director...

 were convicted after a seven-week federal jury trial of having "conspired to injure and oppress the citizens of the United States" and Miller was fined $3,500. While the convictions were being appealed in April 1981, President Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 pardon

Pardon

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ed both men. At the time of trial, Felt and Miller were the highest-ranking bureau employees to have been tried for a criminal offense.