

Watergate
Overview
A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
Created By
Charles Ferguson
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A look at the constitutional crisis that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
Charles Ferguson

November 2, 2018 • 45m
President Richard Nixon is reelected in 1972, but attacks from the media and the antiwar movement goad him to take the dark path to the Watergate burglary.

November 2, 2018 • 45m
The arrests lead to a cover-up, but it starts to unravel after Nixon's landslide re-election.

November 3, 2018 • 45m
As the cover-up cracks, White House counsel John Dean turns on Nixon, a Senate committee is formed and a special prosecutor is appointed.

November 3, 2018 • 45m
The Senate Watergate Committee and the Watergate Special Prosecutor confront Nixon in a deepening Constitutional crisis.

November 4, 2018 • 45m
The Saturday Night Massacre prompts impeachment proceedings and a Supreme Court confrontation.

November 4, 2018 • 45m
Impeachment votes, Supreme Court rulings and further revelations seal Richard Nixon's fate.