I went and looked up John Mitchell, in order to remember him better. During the search, I read in Wikipedia about John Mitchell’s wife, Martha:
In the days immediately after the Watergate break-in of June 17, 1972, Mitchell enlisted former FBI agent Steve King to prevent his wife Martha from learning about the break-in or contacting reporters. While she was on a phone call with journalist Helen Thomas about the break-in, King pulled the phone cord from the wall. Mrs. Mitchell was held against her will in a California hotel room and forcefully sedated by a psychiatrist after a physical struggle with five men that left her needing stitches.[47][48] Nixon aides, in an effort to discredit her, told the press that she had a “drinking problem”.[49] Nixon was later to tell interviewer David Frost in 1977 that Martha was a distraction to John Mitchell, such that no one was minding the store, and “If it hadn’t been for Martha Mitchell, there’d have been no Watergate.”
Now, that same Steve King is our ambassador to the Czech Republic. It’s an insignificant detail and, on the other hand, a perfect example of the dumbfoundingly consistent borderline criminality of all things T----.